Paths to New Prosperity and a Better Politics in Our Democracies
'It's not all a silicon valley'. What a new report of a U.S.-Midwest learning exchange and study tour for European Union and United Kingdom leaders finds.
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John C. Austin
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John Austin directs the Michigan Economic Center, is a non-resident Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution and Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and coordinates the Transforming Industrial Heartlands Initiative.
What Midwest Industrial Communities can Teach about Managing Economic Change
With a great convergence on both sides of the Atlantic around the urgent need to diminish geographic economic disparities and opportunity gaps — particularly those between thriving global city regions and struggling communities in industrial heartlands – there are growing efforts to learn from each other.
“Ally-Shore” to Restore U.S. Economic Leadership and Protect Democracy
"Allyshoring" offers the United States benefits locally, nationally, and internationally. What is "allyshoring," why does it matter? Why is it important now? Elaine Dezenski and John Austin explain.
Transforming Industrial Heartland Communities – And Healing Our Fractured Politics
Some communities have made the transition to a new, thriving economy in a changed world. Others are still struggling.