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== The power and limitations of metro nation ==

<html>Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution lays out  in the Financial Times (registration required) that the action in the Great Reset is coming from metropolitan areas,[http://wiki.lokis.se/index.php/Anv%C3%A4ndare:Rosenbe77 Neighborhood paving work this week and next week], not paralyzed D.C.
These communities are not waiting for Washington, mired in partisan rancour, to get its act together. They are driving a “metropolitan revolution” – doing the work needed to increase jobs and restructure their economies. Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles and Miami are using local resources to boost private investment in economy-shaping infrastructure such as transit systems, ports and airports. Boston,[http://www.jerseys-ns.net/Nike-Ravens-81-Boldin-White-Game-Women-Jerseys-17314/ Nike Ravens 81 Boldin White Game Women Jerseys], Cleveland and New York City are refocusing their development on innovative, productive and export-driven growth rather than the pre-recession mixture of stadium building, homebuilding and consumption. Chicago, Houston and San Antonio are working to integrate immigrants,[http://www.jerseys-ns.net/Youth-Nike-49ERS-SMITH-99-White-Jerseys-17138/ Youth Nike 49ERS SMITH 99 White Jerseys], make early education universally available and equip young workers with the skills they need to compete globally.
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Katz contends that metros will need to be laboratories of innovation and self-sufficiency even more as the federal government spends more on programs such as Medicare and Social Security. It s an elegant idea and true up to a point. But state governments still hold the whip hand on many issues and many state capitols face their own paralysis or legislators who are anti-city. In Washington, anti-Seattle lawmakers would not even allow King County voters a say in preserving the bus system. The world-class asset of the University of Washington has been hostage to sweeping cuts out of Olympia in recent years. In addition, metropolitan projects from infrastructure to research funding are heavily dependent on a federal partnership. Until state and federal authorities understand and better support the crown jewels of cities and metropolitan areas, a real reset will be stillborn.
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