Skip Navigation
 
 
 
 
 

Nothing Left to Lose: Only Radical Strategies Can Help America’s Most Distressed Cities

This article was first to be called “Cities Forgotten by Their Regional Economies,” but as the authors reflected more on the competitive position of distressed central cities, they realized that the title was wrong. Cities have not been forgotten by their regional economies; rather, all too often, the opposite has happened. Distressed central cities have not, or perhaps cannot, react to changes in their current competitive positions within their regional economies.

Latest Insights

 
 
News March 19, 2024

Scaling a Woman-led Nonprofit that Reconnects People with Jobs and Income

 
 
Impact Story March 2024

PHL-CNF Awards $400,000 towards supporting childcare businesses that utilize CACFP

 
 

Housing Funding in Philadelphia: Evaluating the Impact of Public Spending