Napoleon wasn’t short. Wonkblog uses that tease to introduce a short video about five historical misconceptions. My own favorite misconception is the clamor about brain drain. Lou Glazer (Michigan Future) obliges with his lament about Michigan's inability to do the Pittsburgh:
Cities – with the support of their regions and states – across the country get it. And have made retaining and attracting young talent an economic development priority. Unfortunately, not here in Michigan.
One of the cities that gets it and has reaped the benefits is Pittsburgh. Pittsburghlive.com reports that the region has reversed a generation of out migration of young talent. They report the number of 18-24 year olds living in the region was 67,445, by 2000 it had shrunk to 49,461. They write: ”Specifically, the people who were leaving were the young, 20-something, professional and educated workers who we really needed to transform and move our economy forward,” Chris Briem, chair of Pitt’s Center for Social and Urban Research. But by 2010, after decades of efforts to revitalize the central city, they can write that the brain drain has been reversed as the number of 18-24 soared by 16% the last decade to 57,745 in 2010. ...
To read the full, original article click on this link: Burgh Diaspora - Economic Development From Geographic Mobility
