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Articles in Governing Magazine

I am a bi-monthly columnist for Governing magazine, the leading publication for state and local government officials.

  • America’s Demographic Winter (April 2022)
  • Breaking Out the New Mid-South as a Place and Culture of Its Own (March 2022)
  • America Discovers Columbus (February 2022)
  • The Joys and Challenges of Being a Hot City (January 2022)
  • We’re a Suburban Nation. We Need to Get Used to It. (December 2021)
  • Why the ‘Old North’ States Have Been Economic Laggards (November 2021)
  • The Poor Places That Made Our Cities Richer (October 2021)
  • Vermont and the Contradictions of Place (September 2021)
  • Our Infrastructure Problem Is Mostly Just Old Age (August 2021)
  • The Federal Windfall That Cities Can’t Afford to Waste (July 2021)
  • The Tricky Task of Changing a Local Culture (June 2021)
  • Are Red States in Denial About Improving Economic Prospects? (April 2021)
  • Government Has a Trust Problem. It Will Take Time to Restore (February 2021)
  • Cities and Suburbs: A Moment of Mutual Unease (December 2020)
  • The Need to Reboot and Rebuild Public Transit (October 2020
  • Technology’s Mixed Record in Responding to a Pandemic (August 2020)
  • The Cloud over the Future of America’s Downtowns (June 2020)
  • The Pandemic and the Strengths of Our Networked Governance (April 2020)
  • How Cities Lost Control of the Urban Tech Revolution (February 2020)
  • What Employers Want From Cities (July 2018)
  • 5 Lessons from the Amazon HQ2 Frenzy (May 2018)
  • A Tip for Infrastructure Builders: Fix It First (March 2018)
  • It’s Time to Confront Our Coastal Elite Economy (January 2018)
  • Struggling Suburb? Merge It With the Big City Next Door (November 2017)
  • Are We Still Bowling Alone? (September 2017)
  • The Importance of Cities Finding Their Cultural Match (July 2017)
  • The Downside of Pragmatism (May 2017)
  • Can a Small College Save Its Small Town (March 2017)
  • Globalization’s Winner Take All Economy (January 2017)
  • Looking Back From the Future (November 2016)
  • What Cities Need in the Global Economy (September 2016)
  • The Rage of Those Left Behind (July 2016)
  • Deindustrialization and the Displaced Worker (May 2016)
  • Should Economic Development Focus on People or Places? (March 2016)
  • Why Moving Isn’t All Bad (January 2016)
  • What Is the Real American Dream? (November 2015)
  • The New Unemployables (September 2015)
  • Big Aspirations Aren’t Just for Big Cities Anymore (July 2015)
  • The Other Digital Divide (May 2015)
  • Where’s America’s Entrepreneurial Economy? (March 2015)
  • The Myths of Municipal Mergers (January 2015)
  • Lessons From Kokomo on How to Spend Responsibly (November 2014)
  • If Cities Want to Succeed, They Need to Focus on What Makes Them Distinct (September 2014)
  • Do Cities Really Want Economic Development? (July 2014)
  • The Benefits of Being a ‘Necessary City’ (May 2014)
  • How to Harvest Good Ideas (January 2014)
  • How to Stop Cities’ Cycle of Decline and Not Become the Next Detroit (November 2013)
  • Beyond the ‘Brain Drain’: How Cities Really Need to Sell Themselves (August 2013)
  • The Illusion of Growth Economics: Can Cities Like Charlotte Reinvent Themselves? (July 2013)

 

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About Aaron M. Renn


 
Aaron M. Renn is an opinion-leading urban analyst, consultant, speaker, and writer on a mission to help America’s cities and people thrive and find real success in the 21st century. (Photo Credit: Daniel Axler)
 
Email: aaron@aaronrenn.com
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