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We don't want to promote a zero-sum competition between regions in the U.S. If we want to focus on advanced manufacturing, as we should, I think the moderately high-tech industries are a good place to start. When companies are clustered together it tends to attract the kind of skilled labor force that they need and attract the suppliers that they do business with.

February 25, 2013, Howard Wial, ChicagoBusiness.com

In the News

There is nothing wrong with moderately high-tech industries—Germany has developed a very productive and innovative manufacturing sector based on them.

February 25, 2013, Howard Wial, Chicago Sun-Times

Paper | Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago

Locating Chicago Manufacturing: The Geography of Production in Metropolitan Chicago

February 25, 2013, Howard Wial

Blog Post

Poor Students Can’t Afford Teacher Strike

September 10, 2012, Beth Akers and Matthew M. Chingos | comments

Blog Post | The Avenue, The New Republic

What Would an Infrastructure Bank Really Do?

July 16, 2012, Robert Puentes | comments

Opinion | The Avenue, The New Republic

Transformative Investments in Infrastructure, Chicago Style

March 1, 2012, Robert Puentes

Speech | The University of Illinois at Chicago

Seizing the Metropolitan Moment

May 7, 2010, Bruce Katz

Paper

A Chicago-Area Retrofit Strategy: Coordinating Energy Efficiency Region-Wide

July 2009, Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman

Paper

Chicago’s Multi-Family Energy Retrofit Program: Expanding Retrofits With Private Financing

July 2009, Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman

Paper

Chicago’s Southern Suburbs Focus on ARRA: Coordinating Inter-Suburban Recovery

July 2009, Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman