The U.S. economy is booming — just not where 50 million Americans live
Yahoo Finance·2026-05-01 17:00
First, we need to take place seriously, but differently than before. Traditional place-based strategies helped attract investment into communities, often by landing marquee employers or large capital projects. In many cases, that mattered. But too often, those strategies assumed opportunity would automatically reach local workers.So, how do we get more Americans working amid this level of economic change? Communities, working with states, employers, and federal partners, need to leverage new breakthroughs i ...