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What Amazon’s HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities

Harvard Business

As our research has shown, the vibrant metros of the future will be those that are home to high-tech advanced industries. So how can cities garner a bigger share of high-tech growth? and Canada. But this announcement carries far more profound implications for regional and local economic developers, Amazon HQ2 hopefuls or not.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business

. “A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise output per worker.” Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. And wages are stagnant.

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