Attention Economy


Monday, May 13, 2019

Regional Brain Drain within the US

US Senate Report - Losing Our Minds: Brain Drain across the United States
“Over the past 50 years, the United States has experienced major shifts in geographic mobility patterns among its highly-educated citizens. Some states today are keeping and receiving a greater share of these adults than they used to, while many others are both hemorrhaging their homegrown talent and failing to attract out-of-staters who are highly educated. This phenomenon has far-reaching implications for our collective social and political life, extending beyond the economic problems for states that lose highly-educated adults.”

UPDATE:
Where the Educated Millennials Congregate
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-22/educated-millennials-are-a-good-problem-for-u-s-cities

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Relative Economic Size of US States
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/05/02/fast-growing-washington-state-knocks-massachusetts-out-top-largest-state-economies/
“The Evergreen State has been on a tear since 2014, passing Michigan, Virginia and North Carolina to claw its way up from 14th place. Movements of this scale are unusual — Washington was the only state to move up in 2018.
Unsurprisingly, the biggest boost to Washington’s economy came from the information services and retail sectors, industries which include fast-growing, globe-spanning behemoths Microsoft and Amazon.”