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Finding the ‘New’ Mexico in Querétaro

March 15, 2013, Joseph Parilla and Alan Berube

The Return of the Trading City

January 25, 2013, Alan Berube

In a way, Colorado was by virtue of its older economy a more equal place than the rest of the United States. But it's just picked up in droves these elements of the national economy and it's now more like a caricature of the United States in terms of the imbalance between the high end and the low end—where the high end is disproportionately employing highly educated whites and the low is probably employing disproportionately, less educated Latinos and African Americans.

January 21, 2013, Alan Berube, I-News Network

I think this is probably the nation's wealthiest region overall, and that wealth supports an array of public and private services that are in many ways a lot better than what poorer parts of the country can enjoy. But it also means it's an unequal region. We have a lot of landscapers and a lot of child care workers, people whose livelihood depend on the people on the high end.

December 12, 2012, Alan Berube, The Washington Examiner

How Global Cities Adapt to Global Change

November 30, 2012, Alan Berube

Moving São Paulo Locally and Globally

November 30, 2012, Alan Berube

São Paulo and U.S. Metros Link and Learn Together

November 28, 2012, Alan Berube

São Paulo Striving to Keep Global Economic Edge

November 27, 2012, Alan Berube

Metropolitan Trade: Cities Return to Their Roots in the Global Economy

November 26, 2012, Alan Berube and Joseph Parilla

Live from São Paulo, It’s Global Trade!

November 26, 2012, Alan Berube

Much of the growth in unemployment during the Great Recession was thus concentrated among less-skilled, lower-income, disproportionately minority individuals. It may take some time before the U.S. economy can generate job and wage growth sufficient to connect very low-income families to work, and eventually pull them out of poverty.

September 24, 2012, Alan Berube, The Advocate

The Continuing Evolution of American Poverty and Its Implications for Community Development

September 4, 2012, Alan Berube

The Great Recession raised poverty rates and reduced household incomes in the vast majority of metro areas. The deep downturn left relatively few places untouched.

July 27, 2012, Alan Berube, Economy in Crisis

Detroit is the home of the Big Three. But a lot of sophisticated advanced manufacturing in Grand Rapids—absolutely pummeled in the recession and even the lead up to the recession. But manufacturing and exports of manufactured goods have been one of the strongest drivers.

June 27, 2012, Alan Berube, Marketplace

How Dallas is Going Global

June 5, 2012, Alan Berube

Where the College Graduates Are: Degree Attainment in Metropolitan Areas

May 31, 2012, Alan Berube

Global MetroMonitor 2011: Volatility, Growth, and Recovery

January 18, 2012, Emilia Istrate, Alan Berube and Carey Anne Nadeau

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The Global Economy's "Metropolitan Moment"

January 18, 2012, Alan Berube

Global MetroMonitor

January 18, 2012, Alan Berube

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The American Workforce and Growth through Innovation

January 17, 2012, Alan Berube, Gary Burtless, William A. Galston, Elisabeth Jacobs and Adam Looney

Fostering Growth through Innovation

January 13, 2012

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Identifying and Responding to the U.S. Metropolitan Employment Crisis

January 13, 2012, Alan Berube

Five Things the Census Revealed About America in 2011

December 20, 2011, William H. Frey, Alan Berube, Audrey Singer and Jill Wilson

Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi

November 29, 2011

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How We’re Doing as Europe Falters

November 13, 2011, Alan Berube and Domenico Lombardi