BOOK
Margery Austin Turner, Howard Wial and Hal Wolman, June 01, 2008
This book brings policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on various aspects of urban and regional policy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Karen G. Mills, Elisabeth B. Reynolds and Andrew Reamer, April 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Regional industry clusters—geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting organizations—represent a potent source of productivity at a moment of national vulnerability to global economic competition. For that reason, the federal government should establish an industry clusters program that stimulates the collaborative interactions of firms and supporting organizations in regional economies to produce more commercial innovation and higherwage employment. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial, April 22, 2008, The Brookings Institution
To respond to America’s slipping leadership in commercial innovation the federal government should establish a National Innovation Foundation (NIF)—a nimble, lean, and collaborative entity devoted to supporting firms and other organizations in their innovative activities. By realigning and augmenting the nation’s diffuse present efforts the new entity would help create better jobs in America, not just for highly educated “knowledge workers” but for high school graduates in manufacturing and “low-tech services.” Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, Amy Liu and Steve Wray, April 14, 2008, The Philadelphia Inquirer
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Washington, DC
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz and Amy Liu, March 31, 2008, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, March 21, 2008, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ruy Teixeira and Karlyn Bowman, February 28, 2008, Wall Street Journal
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Brooke DeRenzis, January 2008, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ruy Teixeira, January 2008, Issues in Governance Studies #11 (January 2008)
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, September 07, 2007, The Brookings Institution
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Dr. Terry I. Brooks, Matt Fellowes and Mia Mabanta, June 24, 2007, The Louisville Courier-Journal