Bruce Katz presented the Metropolitan Revolution at the National League of Cities annual conference in Seattle, WA on November 16, 2013.

1. @Bruce_Katz
#MetroRev
www.metrorevolution.org
National League of Cities
Seattle, WA
November 16, 2013

2. 1 A Pivotal Decade

3. More Jobs
10.1 million
jobs needed post-recession
Better Jobs
81 million
poor or near poor in 2000
107 million
poor or near poor in 2011

4. Next Economy
Pre-Recession Economy
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ENERGY
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R&D
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5. “Something has gone
terribly wrong when the
biggest threat to our
American economy is the
American Congress.”
Senator Joe Manchin III

6. 2012
A Structural Change to
the Federal Budget
57.4%
mandatory
2023
61.6%
mandatory
spending
spending
6.3%
interest
36.3%
discretionary
spending
14.4%
interest
INFRASTRUCTURE
EDUCATION
HOUSING
DEFENSE
R&D
24.0%
discretionary
spending

7. 2012
57.4%
mandatory
spending
A Structural Change to
the Federal Budget
2023
61.6%
mandatory
spending

8. 2012
A Structural Change to
the Federal Budget
2023
10.0%
income security
5.9%
income security
21.0%
health care
28.0%
health care
21.3%
social security
23.8%
social security

9. The Metropolitan
2 Revolution

10. Top 100 Metros
Share of US Totals
75%
GDP
66%
population
12%
land area
Source: Brookings Analysis of BEA, Census Data

11. Metros Concentrate National Assets
Top 100 Metro Share of US Totals
66%
Population
74%
Bachelor’s
Degrees
85%
Foreign Born
Population
90%
92%
92%
Advanced
Industry
Employment
Patents
Airline
Boardings

12. DETROIT
Innovation District
PORTLAND
Export Plan
DENVER
FasTracks
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing
Network
LOS ANGELES
LA 30/10
HOUSTON
Neighborhood
Centers
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences

13. PORTLAND
Export Plan

14. Play on YouTube

15. PORTLAND
Metropolitan Export Plan
24.4%
export intensity
$3.3 billion
total export value
2x
total exports in 2010 vs 2003

16. PORTLAND
Metropolitan Export Plan
CONGESTION
AIR QUALITY
HOUSING

17. Play on YouTube

18. DETROIT
Innovation District
PORTLAND
Export Plan
DENVER
FasTracks
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing
Network
LOS ANGELES
LA 30/10
HOUSTON
Neighborhood
Centers
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences

19. Starting Your Own
3 Revolution

20. 1
Create Your Network
Government
Metropolitan Network

21. 1
Create Your Network
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing Network
DETROIT
Innovation District

22. 2
Set Your Vision
METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC
DASHBOARD
Manufacturing
Exports
Human Capital
Clean Economy

23. 2
Set Your Vision
NEW YORK
PORTLAND
Finance Jobs
Export Intensity
24%
8%
18%
DETROIT
13%
United States
New York
Science & Engineering Jobs
United States Portland
Clean Economy
14%
7%
4%
San Jose Boston New York
27,489
clean jobs
3% Businesses 37%
11% Jobs
Land mass

24. 3
Find Your Game Changer
Game Changer
(n) ˈgām ˈchānjər
A significant intervention that fundamentally alters
your economic profile and/or performance.

25. 3
Find Your Game Changer
NEW YORK
Applied Sciences
NORTHEAST OHIO
Manufacturing
Network
DETROIT
Innovation District
Setting a new
institutional platform
for innovation
Enable existing firms
in manufacturing to
innovate more
Realize the potential of
the new geography of
innovation

26. Play on YouTube

27. @Bruce_Katz
#MetroRev
www.metrorevolution.org
National League of Cities
Seattle, WA
November 16, 2013

28. @Bruce_Katz
#MetroRev
www.metrorevolution.org