Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Pittsburgh ranked in nation's Top 20 on Brookings Institution list

Link to June 17 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.

Excerpt: Pittsburgh, Boston (30th) and New Haven have relatively stable economies and for the same reason: They are centers for both higher education and health care.

"The most interesting thing about Pittsburgh, and the reason it is doing so well is that its economy is based on 'eds' and 'meds,' and parts of manufacturing that are not hugely affected by auto manufacturing," said Howard Wial, one of the authors of the Brookings study.

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