Econ Focus
First Quarter 2022
In this special issue on small towns and rural areas: the nursing shortage, the economic promise of startups and the need for affordable housing in these communities.
Cover Story
The Rural Nursing Shortage
The pandemic has worsened a long-standing national shortage of nurses. Rural communities face the greatest challenges.
President's Message
Making It Work
The rural areas and small towns that are succeeding have several key elements: a story, regional cooperation, and dedicated funding — tied together by something harder to define.
Features
Growing Rural America Through Startups
Entrepreneurship creates many local benefits, but starting a new business in rural places can be challenging
Sections
Pinelopi Goldberg
Yale University economist on developing countries, measuring economies by satellite, and the learning crisis
The Many Lives of Federal Job Training
They've received enduring, yet tepid, bipartisan support since the 1960s
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