What City Observatory this week 1. Talent drives economic development. We know the single most important factor determining metropolitan economic success:Â It’s determined by the education level of your population. The latest data on educational
The Week Observed, February 7, 2020 Read Post »
Climate change? Not our job. We’re just following orders. The Oregon Transportation Commission is on the firing line for its plans to build a $800 million I-5 Rose Quarter freeway widening project in Northeast Portland.
Memo to the Oregon Transportation Commission: Don’t Dodge Read Post »
Oregon’s new mandatory bag fee harnesses market forces to promote environmental objectives Now do it for greenhouse gases On January 1, a new law went into effect in Oregon, which mostly bans single use plastic
Bags, bottles and cans: Pricing works Read Post »
Cash prizes for bad corporate citizenship: When we incentivize anti-social behavior by big corporations, we get more of it Bloomberg Business has a behind-the-scenes post-mortem of the Great Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes, “Behind Amazon’s HQ2 Fiasco: Jeff
Jealous billionaires: The story behind Amazon’s HQ2 Read Post »
Educational attainment explains two-thirds of the variation in economic success among metropolitan areas. Each additional percentage point increase in the four-year college attainment rate increases metro per capita income by $1,500 We’re increasingly living in
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