| By all means letà ‚¬ „ s have a serious discussion about how cities can best manage the transition when their traditional sources of competitive advantage go away. And letà ‚¬ „ s also have a serious discussion about our obligations, as a nation, to those of our fellow citizens who have the bad luck of finding themselves living and working in the wrong place at the wrong time à ‚¬" because, as I said, decline happens, and some regional economies will end up shrinking, perhaps drastically, no matter what we do.
The important thing is not to let the discussion get hijacked, Greek-style. There are influential people out there who would like you to believe that Detroità ‚¬ „ s demise is fundamentally a tale of fiscal irresponsibility and/or greedy public employees. It isnà ‚¬ „ t. For the most part, ità ‚¬ „ s just one of those things that happens now and then in an ever-changing economy. |
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