In 2012, Brookings Institution identified three manufacturing sub-sectors employing unusually high concentrations of engineering and science occupations as “very high-tech” manufacturing: Computer and electronic products Pharmaceuticals & medicine Aerospace products and parts While these sub-sectors don’t capture the entirety of … Read more
The machine-tool industry is a small but vital sector of U.S. manufacturing. Machine tools—which cut and form metal—are essential for reproducing the technologies required in an industrial economy. Because machine-tool makers worldwide typically sell their newest products close to home, … Read more
A new era “Kids who were in eighth grade at the start of the pandemic will be graduating from high school this year, and this unique cohort has ushered in the lowest rates of substance use we’ve seen in decades,” … Read more
Once upon a time, Western opinion leaders found themselves both impressed and frightened by the extraordinary growth rates achieved by an overseas economy.1 Although this economy was still not fully developed, the speed with which it had transformed itself from … Read more
Pop Music The Decline of the Working Musician You used to be able to make a living playing in a band. A new book, “Band People,” charts how that changed. By Hua Hsu October 21, 2024 Play/Pause Button Pause “Musicians,” … Read more
Show Caption Hide Caption Not just monarchs. Other butterflies you find around Wisconsin Protecting butterfly populations helps keep native plant populations strong. Planting butterfly gardens is a good way to keep these pollinators coming back each year. Lou Saldivar, Milwaukee … Read more
PDF September 2023 Author: CSI Housing Fellow Peter LiFari About the Author Peter LiFari, 2023 CSI Housing Fellow Maiker Housing Partners, a socially conscious public housing authority, owner, operator and developer of multifamily affordable housing based in Adams County, Colorado. … Read more
Mar 07, 2023 For many years, telecom and Net Neutrality-related policies have been a hot-button political issue for me, to the extent that I, an ordinary software engineer at Microsoft have been blocked on Twitter by former FCC chairman Ajit … Read more
The oldest form of city planning is falling out of fashion Dec 20th 2022 The crossroad of South Ashland Avenue and West County Line Road, in Will County, Illinois, is a picture of classic midwestern rural America. Ashland Avenue, at … Read more
This is the first in a series of articles about the history of Java on the Desktop, from my perspective as a developer who started working with Java in the late ‘90’s. I’m writing this, partly as a background for … Read more