Pittsburgh, G-20 and the New Economy: Lessons to Learn, Choices to Make

The G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh provides an opportunity to move beyond shibboleths of free trade and protectionism to a more balanced global economy. There are lessons the Obama administration and other world leaders can learn from Pittsburgh's response to the assault on its steel industry from foreign imports, which we explore in a special report. We also offer analysis from our blog team and progressive thinkers.


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G-20 Facts: Accounts out of Balance

By Eric Lotke
September 24, 2009

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The Great Recession: It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over

By Robert Borosage
September 23, 2009

The world economy is growing; stock markets are up; talk of recovery, not world depression, fills the business pages. As the leaders of the 20 leading economies gather in Pittsburgh this week, they might well feel the euphoria of someone who has survived a near-death experience. more »

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I Will be Blogging From The Pittsburgh G-20 JOBS Summit

By Dave Johnson
September 22, 2009

I am flying to Pittsburgh tomorrow and will be blogging here Thursday and Friday from the G-20 summit.

The G-20 is a meeting of the Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of "systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy." more »

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G-20 And The New Economy

Submitted by Isaiah J. Poole
Produced by Institute for America's Future
September 22, 2009

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Jeff Madrick, director of policy research at The New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, join Institute for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage in calling for President Obama to champion fairer global trade policies that safeguard American jobs at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh. more »

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Steel City: Forgotten But Not Gone

By Eric Lotke
September 22, 2009

In the lead up to the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, mainstream media are telling half a story. more »

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Pittsburgh, G-20 and the New Economy: Lessons to Learn, Choices to Make

By Eric Lotke
Institute for America's Future
September 21st, 2009
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It is fitting that the G-20 summit meets in Pittsburgh in late September 2009. Pittsburgh has come back from enormous setbacks in its dominant industry, steel, through a combination of deliberate planning, public investment, and partnerships between government and private industry. But Pittsburgh’s comeback reveals the limitations of local efforts. In the absence of a national industrial strategy and a different approach to trade, the U.S. will be lucky to end up where Pittsburgh is now. This report examines the lessons national policy leaders should learn from Pittsburgh's experience. more »

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The G-20: Lessons from Pittsburgh

By Eric Lotke
September 21, 2009

The G-20 Summit is in Pittsburgh later this week. Leaders from the 20 countries that collectively represent two-thirds of the world’s population, 80 percent of world trade and 90 percent of global gross national product, will meet to discuss the global economy and terms of trade. more »

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