SPOTLIGHT: Trade

Istock Photos/The Ambassador Bridge connecting the United States and Canada
John C. Austin, Britany Affolter-Caine and Elaine Dezenski, March 24, 2008
The bi-national Great Lakes region can continue to model what economic regions will look like in the global economy—and also how they can thrive.
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Trade, Economic Development, U.S. Economy, U.S. Economic Growth, Global Economics
SPOTLIGHT: U.S. Economic Growth

Reuters/John Gress - British Petrolium oil refinery sits on the shore of Lake Michigan in Whiting Indiana
John C. Austin, Paul N. Courant, Robert E. Litan and Soren Anderson, September 04, 2007
For the past half century, the Great Lakes region has struggled to find its niche in a changing global economy. But the Great Lakes themselves can be a key asset in regional renewal.
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U.S. Economic Growth, U.S. Economy