Articles That Caught Our Eye

Here are a few links to articles we’ve been reading and talking about recently:

1. Joel Kotkin at newgeography.com writes about Kentucky’s grassroots approach to development.

2. Veronique de Rugy at reason.com focuses on the “Myth of the Multiplier.”

3. The Central Valley Business Times of Sacramento writes about the new middle-skills job report in California that estimates the state will need 2.7 million more middle-skilled workers by 2016.

4. Edward Glaeser at the Economix blog points out the correlation between education levels of 1900 and income levels of 2000.

5. Inside Higher Ed blogs about how not to balance a community college budget.