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U.S. metropolitan areas are now home to 83 percent of American citizens, serving as incubators of innovation and entrepreneurship that can help generate quality jobs and spur sustainable economic growth. Brookings experts examine the role of U.S. metro areas in driving the U.S. economy and how best to create a platform for U.S. cities and metropolitan areas to boost American competitiveness in the global marketplace.
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[Rick] Snyder is one of the governors who most gets the economic importance of the city. Without Detroit, Michigan cannot recover. May 5, 2013, Bruce Katz, Financial Times
[Rick] Snyder is one of the governors who most gets the economic importance of the city. Without Detroit, Michigan cannot recover.
It wasn't long ago that Las Vegas was given up as dead — another sunburned city that had become the new Detroit. It was easy to write this city off. April 21, 2013, Robert E. Lang, Los Angeles Times
It wasn't long ago that Las Vegas was given up as dead — another sunburned city that had become the new Detroit. It was easy to write this city off.
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April 18, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone
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April 9, 2013, Neil G. Ruiz
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April 2013, Audrey Singer
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March 20, 2013, Bruce Katz
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Bruce Katz
Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
The Adeline M. and Alfred I. Johnson Chair in Urban and Metropolitan Policy
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Robert Puentes
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
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Alan Berube
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
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