The presidential candidates will face off in their first debate next week. This week the MetroTrends blog offered two potential debate topics for Governor Romney and President Obama: poverty and community development.
- Margaret Simms waded through the mountain of recent Census poverty data and provided the big picture: from 2010 to 2011 poverty stayed the same or increased slightly in most of the country
- Marge Turner reviewed two books. The first – Investing in What Works for America’s Communities – presents the latest in community development
- Zach McDade re-posted a MetroTrends DC race-by-poverty interactive map – where are poor people concentrated in the nation’s capital?
- Austin Nichols broke the poverty data down by Metro: which areas are worst off? Which are best?
- Marge Turner’s second book review, of Driving Detroit, explores the challenges and lessons from the Motor City’s continued decline
Next week: Steve Wandner will blog about a central Romney campaign proposal to increase employment. Does a decade of research support this critical policy?
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