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John Austin

Paths to New Prosperity and a Better Politics in Democracies

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Our Towns Civic Foundation
John Austin

Transatlantic leaders can share ideas, tools, and strategies to help bridge economic divides between struggling heartland communities and thriving cities.

Site of Ohio Intel factory
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Global Cities

Declining Midwest Communities Push Further Right in 2022 Midterms

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Global Insight by Coauthors

Though working-class voters continue to be disillusioned, place-based investments can help restore confidence and heal our polarized politics.

Ohio Intel factory.
Reuters
Global Cities

Domestic Investments Can Aid All Democracies

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Newsweek
John Austin

Nonresident Fellow John Austin and Elaine Dezenski unpack how domestic investments can be creative tools to strengthen democracy.

President Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law.
Reuters
Global Cities

From "Rust Belt" to "Trust Belt": Why the Language We Use Matters

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Global Insight by Coauthors

In promoting economic renewal in industrial heartland regions, leaders must avoid language that condemns these regions and their citizens to passivity.

Heartland renewal
Reuters
Global Economy, Trade and Business

Seven Things That Would Fix Immigration in the US

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TIME
John Austin

“Pro-immigration advocates should lead with comprehensive immigration reform as a way to restore order,” writes John Austin in TIME.

Asylum seeking migrants seen crossing water through a chain link fence at sunset.
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Immigration and Migration

What Midwest Industrial Communities Can Teach About Managing Economic Change

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Our Towns Civic Foundation
John Austin

There are growing efforts on both sides of the Atlantic to diminish economic disparities between thriving global city regions and struggling communities in industrial heartlands.

Industrial heartland landscape
Reuters
Global Cities

Germany's Bet on China Is a Crisis in the Making

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The National Interest
John Austin

By tying itself to China, Germany risks making its mistakes with Russia all over again, argues Senior Nonresident Fellow John Austin.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in China.
Reuters
Global Economy, Trade and Business

Tweaking the Inflation Reduction Act Can Strengthen Democracies' Hand

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The National Interest
John Austin

“Made in Democracy” is a better label than “Made in America” if the goal is to strengthen our collective Western economies as well as our political alliances.

President Biden listens to President Macron's speech at a White House State Dinner on December 1, 2022.
Reuters
Global Economy, Trade and Business

Made in America? Try Made in Democracy.

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Barron's
John Austin

John Austin argues that the Inflation Reduction Act should, instead of requiring “domestic” content, require “democratic” content from allies around the globe.

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak on the "Made In America" provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act at the White House.
Reuters
Global Politics

Midwest Moving to Leadership in Sustainable Green Economy

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Global Insight by Coauthors

The post-industrial communities of the Midwest are shaking off their Rust Belt label to emerge as leaders in the blue and green economies.

Milwaukee skyline
Reuters
Global Economy, Trade and Business