It was an absolute pleasure to be a guest on Dane Carlson’s EconDevShow Podcast last week! In this episode of the Econ Dev Show Dane Carlson talks with Dr. Glenn Athey, author of The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, about what economic developers actually need to know to move from strategy to delivery. Glenn […] The post Glenn discusses the handbook with Dane Carlson on the EconDevShow Podcast appeared first on The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook.

Here is one uncomfortable possibility that doesn’t get discussed enough: we may be solving the wrong problems because we’re working from the wrong assumptions. Specifically, we’ve absorbed a set of ideas about what economic development looks like in a “developed” nation – assumptions about mature markets, functioning institutions, and broadly capable populations – that simply […] The post We’ve Been Looking at Economic Development the Wrong Way appeared first on The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook.

Not because they weren’t smart. Not because they didn’t work hard. But because nobody had ever explained to them what economic development actually is. What is the mission? What is the function? What are the dilemmas you’ll face when public purpose and private interest pull in different directions? How do you make choices when everything […] The post I’ve watched capable, talented new starters struggle in economic development teams appeared first on The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook.