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Prestige and Practicality - August 31, 2022
Some thoughts on student loan forgiveness, college rankings, and the fall of the humanities
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Chuck McShane
Finance and Friction - August 22, 2022
Why Convenience, Not Affordability is the Ticket to Germany's 9-Euro Transit Experiment; New Reads on America's Housing Crisis, and Raleigh's…
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Chuck McShane
The Long and Short of the Labor Shortage
There are many more factors at play than unemployment benefits in the hiring crunch. Some of them are short-term. But some of them are here to stay.
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Innovation and the Endless Frontier
Charlotte, the Triangle, and the past and future of economic transformation in the Carolinas
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Chuck McShane
Of Dreams and Duplexes
Single-family zoning, "Mom and Pop" landlords and the American Dream
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Can Small Places Compete? - Wednesday Wrapup Feb. 10, 2021
Why rural places understand interconnectedness; we need better tech to target spending programs; and some new industry research
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Chuck McShane
Regions, Neighborhoods, and Where the Economy Happens - Wednesday Wrapup, Feb. 3, 2021
Right-sizing job creation investments; why talent, more than location, drives corporate decision-making; and some links on the minimum-wage debate and…
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Growth and Dreams
Growth and Dreams
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