Mark Muro
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The AI Economy Is Focused on the Usual Superstar Cities. Let’s Fix It Now
Mark Muro (@markmuro1) is a senior fellow and policy director at the Brookings Institution. Artificial intelligence is widely viewed as a major general purpose technology—that is, the next “big thing” in spurring productivity and technology-based economic development in the U.S. → Read More
Five charts that reveal the geography of the AI economy
Employing seven basic measures of AI research and commercial activity, the report benchmarked U.S. metropolitan areas on the basis of their core AI assets and capabilities as they stand now. Here, we look at the report’s most important takeaways through five charts. → Read More
The geography of AI
Much of the U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) discussion revolves around futuristic dreams of both utopia and dystopia. From extreme to extreme, the promises range from solutions to global climate … → Read More
Three steps the government needs to take in a coronavirus recession
One strategy leaders should consider is both traditional and yet oddly missing from the current discussion. → Read More
The places a COVID-19 recession will likely hit hardest
A look at the geography of highly exposed industries makes clear: the economic toll of any coming recession will hit different regions in uneven ways. → Read More
No matter which way you look at it, tech jobs are still concentrating in just a few cities
Rosy numbers are hiding a disastrous trend for tech jobs in the heartland. → Read More
America has two economies—and they’re diverging fast
Red and blue America dramatically represent different segments of the economy. Here is what you need to know. → Read More
Ideas for Pennsylvania Innovation: Examining efforts by competitor states and national leaders
Pennsylvania has historically been an innovation leader, but this economy has gone flat with the scaling back of public investment. This report provides insights on what leaders can do to overcome this challenge. → Read More
The Demographic Most Vulnerable to Automation: Teens and Young Adults
Working in an entry-level job, whether in retail or fast food, has remained one of the main ways American teens build work habits. But the jobs are endangered. → Read More
Trump counties may be winning a bit more, but their prognosis remains dim
As the 2020 conversations ramp up, the “red and blue” economic growth patterns in the U.S. continue to be an enormous focal point. Now, as new data comes out on the years 2017 to 2018 and the presi… → Read More
Advancing inclusion through clean energy jobs
Beyond its environmental benefits, the clean energy economy transition will bring higher paying job opportunities with less barriers for workers to access. → Read More
Automation perpetuates the red-blue divide
New data confirm both a stark history of automation in Trump country and substantial work flux, job uncertainty, and political disruption. → Read More
How the geography of climate damage could make the politics less polarizing
What if flip the frame from emissions to impacts when looking at the geography of climate change? → Read More
Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places
A look at how automation and AI will affect the American economy and its people, places, and jobs over the next few decades. → Read More
Eight of America’s most digitally inclusive tech cities
Brookings senior fellow and policy director Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton examine eight of America's most digitally inclusive tech cities. → Read More
Countering the geography of discontent: Strategies for left-behind places
The 2016 election revealed a dramatic gap between two Americas—one based in large, diverse, thriving metropolitan regions; the other found in more homogeneous small towns and rural areas struggling… → Read More
State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018
The State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018 benchmarks the performance of the 19-state American “Heartland” on 26 socioeconomic measures. → Read More
Could “mid-tech” jobs elevate more people and non-coastal places?
A surprisingly large share of classic tech jobs are actually quite accessible to workers without a bachelor’s degree. → Read More
Canada’s Advanced Industries: A Path to Prosperity
Download the Executive Summary (PDF) Download the Report (PDF) Executive Summary Canada is having a moment. In a world where talent is mobile and technology central, Canada stands out more than ever with its vibrant democracy, growing tech clusters, and unparalleled openness to the world’s migrants. Yet there is a problem: Despite the nation’s many [...] → Read More
Online giants must accept responsibility for impacts on the physical world
Mark Muro and the authors describe the need to widen the discussion of Big Tech’s impacts on society and the economy. → Read More