Economy

Richard Florida argues that the more “gay-friendly” a city is, the more economically prosperous it will be.

Bullet-train idea is back, as it is throughout the rest of the country, thanks to $13 billion for high-speed rail (HSR) that was tucked into President Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus package.

Cutting back on the excess of the boom years might not be so bad, some families discover.

The Tampa Bay area has morphed from an overpriced housing market (in a region of modest wages) to a very affordable place for young people to get their own place to live.

Richard Florida’s article in the Atlantic entitled, “How The Crash Will Reshape America” on why New York will remain as the world’s financial capital and why, despite the projected growth of Asia’s economies, we should not expect Shanghai, Hong Kong, or anywhere else to usurp it. At least not for an exceedingly long time.

Richard Florida writing for the Atlantic thinks high speed rail development is key to economic recovery. He says economic recovery will come through “a new period of geographic expansion – or what geographers term a ‘new spatial fix.'”

Michigan, the national leader in recession, depends on an auto industry that will never be as big as it was. So how does the Detroit area diversify? Who’s hiring, or investing in something new? Morning Edition reports on Detroit’s desperate race to replace the jobs that the automakers eliminate.