The Metropolitan Revolution, presented by Bruce Katz at the National Association of Counties, Large Urban Counties Caucus Innovations Symposium in New York City on December 13, 2013.

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National Association of Counties
New York, NY
December 13, 2013

2. 1 A Pivotal Decade

3. More Jobs
8.3 million
jobs needed post-recession
Better Jobs
81 million
poor or near poor in 2000
107 million
poor or near poor in 2011

4. Next Economy
Pre-Recession Economy
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5. “Something has gone
terribly wrong when the
biggest threat to our
American economy is the
American Congress.”
Senator Joe Manchin III

6. 2012
A Structural Change to
the Federal Budget
57.4%
mandatory
2023
61.6%
mandatory
spending
spending
6.3%
interest
36.3%
discretionary
spending
14.4%
interest
INFRASTRUCTURE
EDUCATION
HOUSING
DEFENSE
R&D
24.0%
discretionary
spending

7. 2012
57.4%
mandatory
spending
A Structural Change to
the Federal Budget
2023
61.6%
mandatory
spending

8. 2012
A Structural Change to
the Federal Budget
2023
10.0%
income security
5.9%
income security
21.0%
health care
28.0%
health care
21.3%
social security
23.8%
social security

9. The Metropolitan
2 Revolution

10. Top 100 Metros
Share of US Totals
75%
GDP
66%
population
12%
land area
Source: Brookings Analysis of BEA, Census Data

11. Metros Concentrate National Assets
Top 100 Metro Share of US Totals
66%
Population
74%
Bachelor’s
Degrees
85%
Foreign Born
Population
90%
92%
92%
Advanced
Industry
Employment
Patents
Airline
Boardings

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13. DETROIT
Innovation District
PORTLAND
Export Plan
DENVER
FasTracks
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing
Network
LOS ANGELES
LA 30/10
HOUSTON
Neighborhood
Centers
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences

14. HOUSTON
Neighborhood Centers
Growth in Poor Population
Houston MSA, 2000-2011
102.9%
36.6%
City
Suburbs

15. Houston Metropolitan Area
Geography of Poverty
1980
Conroe
The Woodlands
Houston
Sugar Land
Baytown
Pasadena
Poor Persons
per Square Mile
0-25
26-150
151-500
501 or more
Galveston

16. Houston Metropolitan Area
Geography of Poverty
2010
Conroe
The Woodlands
Houston
Sugar Land
Baytown
Pasadena
Poor Persons
per Square Mile
0-25
26-150
151-500
501 or more
Galveston

17. HOUSTON
Neighborhood Centers
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC.

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19. DETROIT
Innovation District
PORTLAND
Export Plan
DENVER
FasTracks
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing
Network
LOS ANGELES
LA 30/10
HOUSTON
Neighborhood
Centers
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences

20. Starting Your Own
3 Revolution

21. 1
Create Your Network
Government
Metropolitan Network

22. 1
Create Your Network
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing Network
DETROIT
Innovation District

23. 2
Set Your Vision
METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC
DASHBOARD
Manufacturing
Exports
Human Capital
Clean Economy

24. 2
Set Your Vision
NEW YORK
PORTLAND
Finance Jobs
Export Intensity
24%
8%
18%
DETROIT
13%
United States
New York
Science & Engineering Jobs
United States Portland
Clean Economy
14%
7%
4%
San Jose Boston New York
27,489
clean jobs
3% Businesses 37%
11% Jobs
Land mass

25. 3
Find Your Game Changer
Game Changer
(n) ˈgām ˈchānjər
A significant intervention that fundamentally alters
your economic profile and/or performance.

26. 3
Find Your Game Changer
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing
Network
DETROIT
Innovation District
Setting a new
institutional platform
for innovation
Enable existing firms
in manufacturing to
innovate more
Realize the potential of
the new geography of
innovation

27. Watch on YouTube

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New York, NY
December 13, 2013

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#MetroRev
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