Ideas for Cities
From Talent Developers in city halls to Tech Missions roaming the streets of our cities, the ideas on the future good life in cities that emerged from our Velocity Salon in Grand Rapids are being brilliantly showcased on GOOD.is as part of a series called Ideas for Cities. Check out the ideas (and the very cool graphics GOOD created to
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March 10, 2010
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Behind the Scenes with Adolfo Carrion
February 24, 2010
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What Makes a City Entrepreneurial?
March 15, 2010
Posted by: Julia
This is the subject of a recent policy brief by Ed Glaeser and William Kerr. Published by the Rappaport Institute/Taubman Center, the brief links entrepreneurship and regional economic growth. And to encourage entrepreneurship, the authors have four pieces of advice for urban leaders: (1) Investing too much in attracting large, mature firms may not be good policy. (2) There is little reason to have much faith in the ability of local governments to play venture capitalist. The best role for government is simply to encourage competition among local banks and financiers. (3) There is much to be said for the strategy of focusing on the quality of life policies that can attract smart, entrepreneurial people. The best economic…
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ed glaeser, entrepreneurship, economic growth, cities, talent, public policy
Behind the Scenes with Adolfo Carrion
February 24, 2010
As Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, Adolfo Carrion brings long overdue attention to the urban areas where 80 percent of the American people live and work. He comes to the position with knowledge of cities earned in his two terms as Bronx Borough President, as a member of New York's City Council and as an urban planner. Smart City talked to him to find out what urban leaders can expect after his first year of organizing the new office and coordinating cabinet officials to develop new urban strategies.
