Pittsburgh’s post-steel economy is a success – and a warning for other cities

Pittsburgh’s post‑steel economy is a success – and a warning for other cities

Downtown Pittsburgh (Peter Hall/Capital-Star) This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Few regions pose as much of an economic conundrum as Pittsburgh. Is the city and region – once the center of American steelmaking – a paragon of postindustrial transformation, or a left-behind region still struggling to move beyond its industrial past? I’m an economist at the University of P…

Pittsburgh’s post-steel economy is a success – and a warning for other cities

Slow and steady growth in higher education and health care led to economic advantages for Pittsburgh. YT412/iStock via Getty Images PlusFew regions pose as much of an economic conundrum as Pittsburgh. Is the city and region – once the center of American steelmaking – a paragon of postindustrial transformation, or a left-behind region still struggling to move beyond its industrial past? I’m an economist at the University of Pittsburgh and author …