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Cities are starting to take control of their economic future. They aren't waiting for Washington. August 5, 2013, Bruce Katz, TIME
Cities are starting to take control of their economic future. They aren't waiting for Washington.
Cities are networks of people, not just governments. That's an advantage that cities have. When states or the federal government get tied up in gridlock, they have nowhere else to turn. Cities can turn to the business and philanthropic communities. Instead of a bailout, cities need to look at becoming better partners. July 24, 2013, Bruce Katz, Chicago Tribune
Cities are networks of people, not just governments. That's an advantage that cities have. When states or the federal government get tied up in gridlock, they have nowhere else to turn. Cities can turn to the business and philanthropic communities. Instead of a bailout, cities need to look at becoming better partners.
Hopefully the conversation about Detroit’s fiscal future will open a conversation about Detroit’s economic future. July 23, 2013, Bruce Katz, Bloomberg Businessweek
Hopefully the conversation about Detroit’s fiscal future will open a conversation about Detroit’s economic future.
The bankruptcy of the Detroit government doesn’t erase all the good things that are still happening in Detroit with private money and philanthropic money and some state and federal money. July 19, 2013, Jennifer Bradley, Washington Post
The bankruptcy of the Detroit government doesn’t erase all the good things that are still happening in Detroit with private money and philanthropic money and some state and federal money.
For most mayors, going to Washington is one big irrelevant photo-op. Across the country there is this disdain for how self-referential DC has become. June 17, 2013, Bruce Katz, Financial Times
For most mayors, going to Washington is one big irrelevant photo-op. Across the country there is this disdain for how self-referential DC has become.
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May 29, 2013, Robert E. Lang
[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.
[Appointing an emergency manager to oversee Detroit's finances] is a very hard decision [Michigan's] governor had to make, it's always politically controversial to have the government intervene in this way, but it is the right decision to get Detroit back on its feet. March 15, 2013, Bruce Katz, msnbc.com
[Appointing an emergency manager to oversee Detroit's finances] is a very hard decision [Michigan's] governor had to make, it's always politically controversial to have the government intervene in this way, but it is the right decision to get Detroit back on its feet.
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Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
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