Blueprint for American Prosperity: Unleashing the Potential of a Metropolitan Nation

Increasing global competition, economic restructuring at home, rapid population growth, and other forces are rewriting the rules for how we produce jobs, build wealth, and conserve our natural resources. The ability of our nation to grow and prosper and meet the challenges of our time depends heavily on the health and vitality of our metropolitan areas. The Metropolitan Policy at Brookings has released its Blueprint for American Prosperity, which illustrates that we must leverage our assets through innovation, superior infrastructure, supporting human capital, and finding places for people to live within the metro areas to continue to move our nation forward.