There's lots to be said for the "abundance" movement but it says too little about distressed places.

Interesting take from @timbartik.bsky.social

@dkthomp.bsky.social @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @yappelbaum.bsky.social @andreperryedu.bsky.social @brookings.edu @upjohninstitute.bsky.social

Opinion | The 1970s Gave Us Industrial Decline. A.I. Could Bring Something Worse.

Pleased to see our @brookings.edu data points on AI geography help anchor Carl Frey @nytimes.com comment reiterating that ec decline is not inevitable.

Early reaction will allow "adaptation and survival."

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/opinion/ai-job-loss-deindustrialization.html

Already lots of well-placed outrage at the dismissal of the BLS Commissioner late last week; just want to add how much I have appreciated and relied on BLS data for the past 25 years to tell the story of regional economies. Hope their vital, non-political work continues. cc: @markmuro1.bsky.social

Across the country, we’re seeing AI spark incredible innovation, but some regions are racing ahead, and others risk being left behind. | Brad Smith Across the country, we’re seeing AI spark incredible innovation, but some regions are racing ahead, and others risk being left behind. If we want AI transformation to reach every community, we need to...

Glad to see @bradsmi.bsky.social at @microsoft.com affirm the concern many of us have about the social and geographical divides we're seeing between AI's readiness haves and have-nots.

shorturl.at/Ai48N

If #AI is transformative we need to work harder on inclusion, equity, broad readiness

What to make of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan | Brookings Scholars across Brookings discuss the Trump administration's newly released AI Action Plan and its implications.

What to make of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan

Here are 15 short takes (including mine) on the Trump #AI agenda from @brookings.edu scholars

www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

@drturnerlee.bsky.social thanks for instigating @shriyared.bsky.social

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.

@brookings.edu’s new AI mapping suggests these elements of a fed strategy to support readiness in diverse regions:

--Boost AI research
--Scale AI cluster Dev
--Expand talent pipelines
--develop infrastructure
--Support worker adjustment

rb.gy/1lpbeu

@hboushey.bsky.social @dylanmatt.bsky.social

Wish it were cooler here in Washington DC!

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.

If #AI matters for productivity and ec gains, it matters WHO is "ready" to adopt it--and WHERE.

See our new @BrookingsInst AI readiness mapping.

See here: www.brookings.edu/articles/mapping-the-ai-economy-which-regions-are-ready-for-the-next-technology-leap/?b=1

@berkeleyolab.bsky.social

Hey thanks for working on this @peterha21.social

ICYMI: check out this new @brookings.edu analysis by @markmuro1.bsky.social @shriyared.bsky.social mapping the #AI economy. Among others they find high concentration in a limited number of metro areas, but numerous other regions are home to meaningful AI activity
www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.

Re the #AI divide!

Last week we mapped it in #AI readiness:
www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

Now, @msftresearch.bsky.social shows it re ChatGPT use: www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-emerging-ai-divide-in-the-united-states/?msockid=22dc082541af6a272d501bc340fd6bb3

@brookings.edu

Now out:

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap.

New research from me and @shriyared.bsky.social @brookings.edu

www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

As the #EU drifts into discontent, it eyes dismantling its main tool for development & the one policy that binds its parts.
Cohesion is the scaffolding of the idea of #Europe & the key to unlocking the continent’s untapped potential
ec.europa.eu/regional_pol...
doi.org/10.1080/0013...

Thank you @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social for distilling the critical need for complement "superstar" concentrations of #AI development with readiness in the rest of the country.

And note this will likely be a problem in Europe too.

@brookings.edu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social @calebwatney.bsky.social

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.

Here are 4 takeaways from our new @brookings.edu benchmarking of U.S. regions' #AI readiness:

--Rapid growth

--Extreme concentration

--More geographic diffusion

--Persistent opportunity gaps

www.brookings.edu/articles/mapping-the-ai-economy-which-regions-are-ready-for-the-next-technology-leap/

interesting to see which cities are more cloud/data ready and following through

Our new @brookings.edu mapping finds six types of AI clusters in the U.S.

Superstars

Star Hubs

Emerging Centers

Focused Movers

Nascent Adopters

Others

www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

“Mapping the AI economy” My new report w/ @shriyared.bsky.social @brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

@shiraovide.bsky.social @profhicks.bsky.social @nickbunker.bsky.social @berkeleyolab.bsky.social @pkrugman.bsky.social @kevinroose.com @conorsen.bsky.social

NEW: “Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are readiest for the next tech leap.”

Here's a look at the geography of AI from @shriyared.bsky.social & myself @BrookingsInst @BrookingsMetro

www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

@yappelbaum.bsky.social @byheatherlong.bsky.social @karenhao.bsky.social

Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap | Brookings The AI revolution across 387 U.S. metropolitan areas and assessing how the nation and local economies are positioned to create, apply, and harness AI.

"Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technological leap.” New report from @shriyared.bsky.social and myself

See how your metro is doing! @brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

@robpuentes.bsky.social

Great to see @codeforamerica.org mapping gov't readiness for #AI across all 50 states.

Later this week @brookings.edu will map AI ec dev readiness across 300+ metros.

It's definitely time to get ready! @emollick.bsky.social @econberger.bsky.social @robpuentes.bsky.social @shiraovide.bsky.social

A tale of two Americas [FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s policy agenda does not address Republican economic realities

Delighted to help Tej Parikh explain America's ec divides in the FT

Red and Blue America continue to represent "fundamentally contrasting economies"

on.ft.com/4lelvdP

@rodriguez-pose.bsky.social @brookings.edu @pbump.com @annielowrey.bsky.social @crampell.bsky.social @jfallows.bsky.social

Don’t let AI steal your job It’s okay to hate AI’s encroachment into work. Learn to use it anyway.

"It's hard to AI-proof your job or career given so much uncertainty" about both.

Great comment from @adamclarkestes.com @vox.com in good story quoting @emollick.bsky.social and I on #AI infusion into work

www.vox.com/technology/418525/ai-chatgpt-google-office-work-white-collar-jobs

So glad you guys find the discussion useful. Note that it applies to #AI as much as trade shocks, and some of the outlines about what to do about such shocks apply both to trade and automation, and to now as much as earlier

@bencasselman.bsky.social @brookings.edu @alexsjacquez.bsky.social

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

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

My excellent podcast guest Gordon Hanson (who coined the term "China Shock") weights in

www.brookings.edu/articles/how-can-policymakers-help-communities-left-behind-by-globalization-and-automation/

@brookings.edu

U.S. universities are filling a regional innovation gap | MIT Sloan Universities can seed regional economic growth by attracting and training top talent who go on to file patents and found local companies, a new study shows.

Universities are critical for filling innovation gaps in less dynamic, under-performing regions

Important new research from Fiona Murray @mitsloan.bsky.social Mercedes Delgado
notes key role of higher ed in struggling places

mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...

@mazzucatom.bsky.social

Why companies may soon accelerate replacing jobs with AI Tough economic conditions could be the catalyst for AI adoption in corporate America as more companies turn to automation, economists predict.

AI inroads update: Danielle Abril asks, Will a slower economy accelerate AI workforce impacts, disruption?

I add a few thoughts to a good speculative story.
wapo.st/4kRgYxi

@brookings.edu

To me the major question is whether adoption hurdles, organizational drag, and such buy workers more time than @darioamodei.bsky.social forecasts before significant #AI relayed layoffs

@noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev @mattyglesias.bsky.social @dylanmatt.bsky.social @robseamans.bsky.social

Each dollar spent drawing remote workers to Tulsa delivers $4 benefit to current residents Study finds 58 to 70 percent of Tulsa Remote workers would not have moved to Tulsa without the program

Tulsa has worked to diversify its oil & gas economy, including with a popular worker attraction program.

Economist @timbartik.bsky.social @upjohninstitute.bsky.social likes it.

www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/each-dollar-spent-drawing-remote-workers-tulsa-delivers-4-benefit-current-residents