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Research @InnovateEconomy. Fellow @rootsofprogress. Thinking about: progress, dynamism, immigration, cities, industrial policy, the NY Mets. Definite optimist.
Apr 2 13 tweets 4 min read
New: Foreign-born workers make up an outsized share of the workforce in industries critical to economic and national security.

You simply cannot separate industrial policy success from skilled immigration reform.

Let’s dive into the numbers. Image First, foreign-born workers make up 20.3% of the workforce in strategic industries, compared with 18.1% in the rest of the economy.

How do we define strategic? We use @BrookingsMetro’s Advanced Industries classification as a starting point.

brookings.edu/articles/ameri…
Dec 18, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
NEW: How is Washington D.C. actually doing?

As we near the end of 2023, I take a look at key measures of the city's health, including demographics, crime, transit, schools, and housing.

1/ Image You can find the link to the full piece here, but I'll highlight its key findings below:

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open.substack.com/pub/regions/p/…