Very interesting new report about how America's economic geography has changed since the great recession: https://eig.org/news/new-study-shows-how-recovery-from-the-great-recession-transformed-the-geography-of-u-s-economic-well-being … Short version: Places with lots of skilled workers are doing great, other places aren't. But more people are moving to the former, which is good.
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A bit of good news: People are moving from economically bad places to economically good places, though probably too slowly.pic.twitter.com/1uQb1RF9LN
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What separates the good places from the bad places? Educated workers, of course.pic.twitter.com/PmxUePCArX
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And, here's the racial breakdown. Nothing too surprising here. Note that the distressed places are pretty racially mixed, while the prosperous places are about 75% white.pic.twitter.com/8w4dJyqoHd
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And here is the full report: https://eig.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-DCI.pdf … (end)
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