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October 18, 2020 Honest Self-Assessment Key to Future Growth If community leaders are focused on the short term, there is a natural tendency to ignore long term problems.
February 23, 2020 Returning to Economic Growth Requires PatienceThere are no quick solutions, only long ones.
October 13, 2019 What Can Economic Development Research Do for Your Community?Nearly 70 million Americans live in counties that are losing population.
January 27, 2019 Local Newspapers Are Key in Reporting CorruptionResearch suggests that newspaper closures lead to higher costs of local government borrowing.
December 23, 2018 Thinking About Economic Growth Like an EconomistEconomists and businesses think about community growth in very different ways.
March 11, 2018 Rustbelt Cities Must Focus on Middle Class NeighborhoodsSchool quality is always the most pressing issue for middle class neighborhoods, but other amenities matter. The cost of improving amenities in communities that are likely to survive for several decades is very small.
May 28, 2017 Public Corruption through the Prism of Memorial DaySome serve their country nobly, and some do not.
February 12, 2017 Bad Ideas Have Real CostsInstead of focusing on local food, focus on local schools and neighborhoods.
July 17, 2016 The Lessons of Pokémon GoThe game’s value lies in the economic, social, and health impacts.
July 10, 2016 Indiana’s Economy: Better than expected, worse than it should beIndiana outperforms the nation in most every metric except education.
April 3, 2016 Population Numbers Offer Warning to Indiana We should shift our focus from rural to urban communities.
December 13, 2015 The Regional Cities Initiative Marks a Critical Change for IndianaThese regional economic development plans are built on priority lists drawn from the expressed interests of voters.
November 1, 2015 Mayor’s Election All About Primacy of PlaceModern economic development policies have been in the spotlight thanks to municipal election debates.
June 21, 2015 Watch Economic Development SpendingBusinesses must locate where their customers are, not where economic developers lure them.
May 31, 2015 Thinking Warmly about Public PoolsCommunity pools serve as a ‘public good’ for the surrounding area.
April 19, 2015 Indiana Desperately Needs the Regional Cities InitiativeEighty of our 92 counties are suffering from a serious decline in population and economic growth.
February 23, 2014 Assortive Making, Social Mobility and Income InequalityA century ago, most Americans married young and locally, with education playing a much smaller role.
December 22, 2013 An Economic Model for the HolidaysRegional growth is a gift that keeps on giving through high-quality places to live.
November 24, 2013 Let’s Have a Debate on Gay Marriage in Our Homes The discussion of what makes a good marriage should happen in our homes, not in the Statehouse.
November 17, 2013 QE3 and the Labor MarketThe sign of a truly positive jobs report would be the decline of stock prices in anticipation of the end of QE3.
November 10, 2013 Veterans and Society in the Years to ComeRecent veterans comprise just over 1 percent of the population but will leave a lasting mark on business and society.
September 8, 2013 Income, Amenities and Affordable HousingPerceived value of employment and quality of school districts are two factors affecting personal income in our communities.
September 30, 2012 Immigration and Hope in the MidwestIt is markets, not urban theorists, who set value.
July 5, 2010 4th of July OptimismIn truly free societies, it is the dogged optimism of small scale economic actors that propels growth.
May 24, 2010 What Community Foundations DoA good community foundation is the best life guard a community has.
January 11, 2010 Civic Perceptions and Economic DevelopmentMany people feel perceptions of their city matters.
June 27, 2003 No Community Left Behind "In the last decade and a half, jobs in production-related occupations have not only failed to keep up with hiring in the rest of the economy, in most lines of work they’ve actually shrunk in number."
March 9, 2001 Are Communities Shortchanged by Development? "Questions concerning development have been the bread and butter of local politics for countless years."

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