Mark Muro
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Recognized expert who leads the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program’s advanced and…
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This is a chance to help build “place-based” industrial transformation with a great team in the heart of the country!
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I have a new piece with Hanna Love that pushes back on the harmful rhetoric around rampant crime in cities. Not only have violent crime levels…
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It might be fine for the bulk of AI development to transpire in a half-dozen "superstar" metros but Julian Jacobs and I see things differently. Our…
It might be fine for the bulk of AI development to transpire in a half-dozen "superstar" metros but Julian Jacobs and I see things differently. Our…
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Countering the geographical impacts of automation: Computers, AI, and place disparities
The Brookings Institution
This report is part of "A Blueprint for the Future of AI," a series from the Brookings Institution that analyzes the new challenges and potential policy solutions introduced by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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How the geography of climate damage could make the politics less polarizing
The Brookings Institution
As a new Congress and the 2020 presidential election cycle gear up, much of Washington is likely to focus on topics where political polarization is high. Yet there may be surprises.
Take climate change, a top priority for many Democrats.
The standard story is that the high-tech “blue” states are pushing a green wave of massive investment to cut emissions of gases that cause climate change. Meanwhile, the GOP-leaning “red” states are assumed to be part of what Ron Brownstein calls…As a new Congress and the 2020 presidential election cycle gear up, much of Washington is likely to focus on topics where political polarization is high. Yet there may be surprises.
Take climate change, a top priority for many Democrats.
The standard story is that the high-tech “blue” states are pushing a green wave of massive investment to cut emissions of gases that cause climate change. Meanwhile, the GOP-leaning “red” states are assumed to be part of what Ron Brownstein calls a “brown blockade” of fossil-fuel producers that are drilling and burning and don’t want to stop. The upshot: Emissions divides appear to guarantee a future of climate policy gridlock, even as scientific consensus signals an emergency and new data shows the rate of planetary warming is accelerating.
And yet, what if we look at the geography of climate change from a different angle? Specifically, what if we flip the frame from emissions to impacts? From that perspective, the current gridlock might not be as permanent as it now seems, as many of the jurisdictions that have selected political leaders opposed to climate policy are the most exposed to the harms of climate change.Other authors -
Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places
The Brookings Institution
Hence the analysis presented here. Intended to bring often-inscrutable trends down to earth, the following report develops both backward and forward-looking analyses of the impacts of automation over the years 1980 to 2016 and 2016 to 2030 to assess past and upcoming trends as they affect both people and communities in the United States.
The report focuses on areas of potential occupational change rather than net employment losses or gains. Special attention is applied to digging beneath…Hence the analysis presented here. Intended to bring often-inscrutable trends down to earth, the following report develops both backward and forward-looking analyses of the impacts of automation over the years 1980 to 2016 and 2016 to 2030 to assess past and upcoming trends as they affect both people and communities in the United States.
The report focuses on areas of potential occupational change rather than net employment losses or gains. Special attention is applied to digging beneath national top-line statistics to explore industry, geographical, and demographic variations. Finally, the report concludes by suggesting a comprehensive response framework for national and state-local policymakers.Other authors -
Advancing opportunity in Central Indiana
The Brookings Institution
This report considers ways in which Central Indiana can advance economic opportunity by focusing regional economic growth and inclusion strategies on “Opportunity Industries”—the industries that concentrate the region’s good jobs and promising jobs. Good jobs provide middle-class wages and benefits. Promising jobs are entry-level jobs that, while they do not provide the pay or benefits of a good job, enable the workers who hold them to reach a good job within 10 years.
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Countering the geography of discontent: Strategies for left-behind places
The Brookings Institution
The 2016 election revealed a dramatic gap between two Americas—one based in large, diverse, thriving metropolitan regions; the other found in more homogeneous small towns and rural areas struggling under the weight of economic stagnation and social decline.
This gap between two American geographies came as a shock to many observers.
While it is true that many American leaders had grown disconnected from a significant portion of the country, something else had happened, too: the…The 2016 election revealed a dramatic gap between two Americas—one based in large, diverse, thriving metropolitan regions; the other found in more homogeneous small towns and rural areas struggling under the weight of economic stagnation and social decline.
This gap between two American geographies came as a shock to many observers.
While it is true that many American leaders had grown disconnected from a significant portion of the country, something else had happened, too: the nation’s economic trends had changed.Other authorsSee publication -
State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018
The Brookings Insitution and Walton Family Foundation
The State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018 benchmarks the performance of the 19-state American “Heartland” on 26 socioeconomic measures and is intended to help Heartland leaders and citizens better comprehend the region’s current trajectory at a time of rapid economic and social change.
Focused on how the defined region’s economy has been performing since the recent financial crisis, the factbook provides both encouraging and trying news for the region.The good news is that the region is…The State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018 benchmarks the performance of the 19-state American “Heartland” on 26 socioeconomic measures and is intended to help Heartland leaders and citizens better comprehend the region’s current trajectory at a time of rapid economic and social change.
Focused on how the defined region’s economy has been performing since the recent financial crisis, the factbook provides both encouraging and trying news for the region.The good news is that the region is doing better than is sometimes portrayed, particularly on measures of tradable industry presence. With that said, the Heartland is variable in its prosperity and serious deficits in human capital and innovation capacity pose challenges to future prosperity in many areas.
The factbook was developed through a partnership of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and the Walton Family Foundation and was prepared to support the Walton Family Foundation’s inaugural “Heartland Summit.”Other authors -
Digitalization and the American workforce
The Brookings Institution
In recent decades, the diffusion of digital technology into nearly every business and workplace, also known as “digitalization,” has been remaking the U.S. economy and the world of work. The “digitalization of everything” has at once increased the potential of individuals, firms, and society while also contributing to a series of troublesome impacts and inequalities, such as worker pay disparities across many demographics, and the divergence of metropolitan economic outcomes.
In light of…In recent decades, the diffusion of digital technology into nearly every business and workplace, also known as “digitalization,” has been remaking the U.S. economy and the world of work. The “digitalization of everything” has at once increased the potential of individuals, firms, and society while also contributing to a series of troublesome impacts and inequalities, such as worker pay disparities across many demographics, and the divergence of metropolitan economic outcomes.
In light of that, this report presents a detailed analysis of changes in the digital content of 545 occupations covering 90 percent of the U.S. workforce in all industries since 2001. The analysis categorizes U.S. occupations into jobs that require high, medium or low digital skills and tracks the impacts of rapid change.
The full report concludes with implications of the key findings and suggests ways communities can work with firms and workers to spread the benefits of digitalization while mitigating its potentially harmful effects.Other authorsSee publication -
Cleantech venture capital: Continued declines and narrow geography limit prospects
The Brookings Institution
This analysis looks at VC investment data across 15 cleantech categories during the 2000s, with a particular focus on years since 2011, and on the nation’s diverse metropolitan areas. What do we find? The analysis provides new evidence that cleantech VC activity is changing in ways that are requiring new commercialization strategies. Along with a significant drop in VC investment in cleantech, investments have concentrated in a few technology areas, in more mature firms, and in just a few…
This analysis looks at VC investment data across 15 cleantech categories during the 2000s, with a particular focus on years since 2011, and on the nation’s diverse metropolitan areas. What do we find? The analysis provides new evidence that cleantech VC activity is changing in ways that are requiring new commercialization strategies. Along with a significant drop in VC investment in cleantech, investments have concentrated in a few technology areas, in more mature firms, and in just a few metropolitan areas, raising concerns about the narrow and spotty focus of cleantech VC. The upshot: New and more diverse approaches to finding and funding America’s new great cleantech companies are sorely needed.
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Patenting invention: Clean energy innovation trends and priorities for the Trump administration and Congress
The Brookings Institution
To that end, this first brief of two on cleantech innovation—a forthcoming analysis will examine venture capital (VC) dynamics—looks at technology patenting activity as a key indicator for monitoring the development of new technologies, as represented by the volume and topics of new patents resulting from public and private funded research.
What do these data show? Overall, the data show that even as cleantech patenting has grown over the years, serious concerns remain about the…To that end, this first brief of two on cleantech innovation—a forthcoming analysis will examine venture capital (VC) dynamics—looks at technology patenting activity as a key indicator for monitoring the development of new technologies, as represented by the volume and topics of new patents resulting from public and private funded research.
What do these data show? Overall, the data show that even as cleantech patenting has grown over the years, serious concerns remain about the competitiveness of the U.S. cleantech innovation scene. At the same time, while much of America’s patenting takes place in relatively few large metropolitan areas, significant cleantech innovation activity extends into all regions of the country. That breadth underscores both the relevance and potential of low carbon innovation.Other authorsSee publication -
America's Advanced Industries: What they are, Where they are, and why they Matter
Brookings Institution
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Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate
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The Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate brings together scholars from across the Brookings Institution to generate high quality research in the energy and climate space. Through its research and convening efforts, the Initiative is designed to catalyze a more focused and informed debate among policymakers and other key stakeholders about the key energy issues of our day.
Our diverse expertise allows us to take into account geopolitics, economics and the technical and market…The Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate brings together scholars from across the Brookings Institution to generate high quality research in the energy and climate space. Through its research and convening efforts, the Initiative is designed to catalyze a more focused and informed debate among policymakers and other key stakeholders about the key energy issues of our day.
Our diverse expertise allows us to take into account geopolitics, economics and the technical and market realities of energy systems in our work. Governments need practical, durable energy and climate policies that recognize the challenge of moving to a lower-carbon economy, provide the energy industry with sufficient certainty to fuel investment, and are cost-effective enough to maintain public support. The intersection of energy and politics remains important in many supply and demand centers, including China, India, the Middle East, and Europe. As the developed world is focused on a low-carbon energy transition, many in the developing world still lack access to reliable modern energy. Technology and market development are crucial to providing cleaner energy to all and energy access to those currently without it.
The Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate focuses on understanding and working through the inherent challenges of the transition to a lower-carbon economy and on developing a wider base of technically, commercially, and economically feasible ideas to accelerate the energy transition. -
The digitalization of the American workforce: How metros can build an inclusive labor market
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On Thursday, December 7, the Metropolitan Policy Program hosted an event aimed at helping leaders understand and manage the disruption caused by digitalization. Brookings senior fellow Mark Muro delivered a presentation highlighting the findings of the report, assessing the rapid changes in occupations over the last decade and a half, and providing analysis of large-scale trends. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion with leaders who are grappling with significant challenges…
On Thursday, December 7, the Metropolitan Policy Program hosted an event aimed at helping leaders understand and manage the disruption caused by digitalization. Brookings senior fellow Mark Muro delivered a presentation highlighting the findings of the report, assessing the rapid changes in occupations over the last decade and a half, and providing analysis of large-scale trends. The presentation was followed by a panel discussion with leaders who are grappling with significant challenges facing cities as they address talent supply and inclusion issues in tech. Panelists discussed the necessity of digital education and training, the broadening of the high-skill talent pipeline, and how firms and workers can ensure that underrepresented groups can connect to an increasingly digital economy.
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