Economy

Current Projects
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Revitalizing the Legacy Cities of Upstate New York
In February 2013, The American Assembly released Revitalizing the Legacy Cities of Upstate New York—a report documenting revitalization strategies for upstate cities, based on a recent Assembly-sponsored meeting of urban policy and economic development experts. The report emphasizes several ...
Past Projects
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Rebuilding America's Legacy Cities: New Directions for the Industrial Heartland
Rebuilding America's Legacy Cities: New Directions for the Industrial Heartland is available for free chapter downloads below or hardcopy at hardcopy available Amazon.com [1].   While we may not yet know enough to offer a road map to create the smaller, healthier city we can imagine, we c...
Publications
Updating America's Social Contract: Economic Growth and Opportunity in the New Century
Focusing on three issues - productivity, income inequality, and the aging of the baby-boom population -- this concise volume describes a "radically moderate" agenda. The distinguished authors begin by acknowledging the difficult tradeoffs required for revamping programs for the aged and poor ...
The American Economy: Sustaining Growth with Opportunity
The American Economy: Sustaining Growth with Opportunity was the product of the June 10-13, 1999 American Assembly that took place in Atlanta, Georgia. Although predating the economic downturn of 2008, the report focused on the still vital issues of productivity growth, income inequality, and...
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Sonal Shah

Sonal Shah served as Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in the White House from 2009 to 2011, where she coordinated governmental efforts to aid innovative nonprofit groups and social entrepreneurs to address pressing social problems. She was named an American Assembly Next Generation Fellow in 2009. Previously, Shah managed and implemented two of Google.org's global development initiatives and served on President Obama's Transition Board. Currently, she is an Institute of Politics fellow at Harvard University.