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Chicago & the Midwest

Growing the Heartland

RESEARCH
Report by Rob Paral

This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas.

View of the Minneapolis skyline at dusk
Lucas Ludwig
Migration

Informed Midwesterners More Likely to Support Immigration Reform

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

While the midwestern public is somewhat divided on specific reforms, those who have accurate information about shifting immigration flows and changing labor needs express majority support for key immigration policy proposals.

US-Mexico border crossing
Simon Foot
Public Opinion

FDI: Globalizing Chicago's Economic Development Plans

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

The report highlights Chicago’s strengths, analyzes global city strategies, and offers recommendations the region can take to increase foreign investment.

Chicago skyline
Chris Favero
Global Cities

The Global Edge: An Agenda for Chicago's Future

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report recommends Chicago's leaders focus on priorities of infrastructure, human capital, and global engagement.

Chicago skyline.
Allen McGregor
Global Cities

Global Chicago

RESEARCH
Book by Coauthors

Global Chicago offers unique insights into the city's global assets and its economic, social, intellectual, and cultural links to the world as seen from an insider's perspective.

Chicago skyline at dusk
Allen McGregor
Global Cities

Global Chicago: Two Reports on Chicago's Assets and Opportunities as a Global City

RESEARCH
Report by Richard C. Longworth

America’s cities are becoming increasingly important actors on the global stage. The idea that cities must reflexively submit to impersonal global forces is giving way to the recognition that civic and community leaders can shape a city’s response to global trends.

Aerial view of Chicago's skyline
Allen McGregor/Flickr
Global Cities