Urban Economies: Trends, Forces, and Implications for the President’s National Urban PolicyAbstractThe economies of cities and metropolitan areas perform many vital functions. Cities are marketplaces where businesses congregate to facilitate transportation and communication. Today, much of the Nation’s and the world’s economic business is transacted there. The modern global economy creates intense demands for information, and the high density of cities facilitates the gathering of decisionmakers and the sharing of information, skills, products, and services. As a result, many of the great innovations of the U.S. economy have been incubated in the Nation’s cities.Urban Economies: Trends, Forces, and Implications for the President’s National Urban Policyn (*.pdf, 191 KB)
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