How can policymakers help communities left behind by globalization and automation?

18/06/2025 24 min
How can policymakers help communities left behind by  globalization and automation?

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In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts discuss ways to address the regional economic consequences of globalization. Mark Muro, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Gordon Hanson, the Wertheim Professor of Urban Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, explain how place-based industrial policy can help struggling Heartland economies. Transcript and show notes. Metro Blueprint is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Subscribe and listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to [email protected].