High Road Strategy Center

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  • Rogers, J. Memo on Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans and Gulf Reconstruction . COWS, 2005.

    Released September 11, 2005, Joel Rogers offers his insight on Hurricane Katrina proposing that the disaster following the storm is a result of a region made vulnerable to the effects of a hurricane because of low-road development, such as unregulated construction and other development, low wages and concentrated poverty, disrespect for nature, starved and unaccountable government agencies without much serious interest in or capacity for planning.

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  • ,. The State of Working Wisconsin Update 2005. COWS, 2005.

    COWS’ State of Working Wisconsin Update, is a bi-annual report providing a thorough review of jobs, wages, poverty, income, and job quality in the state.

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  • Helper, S., G. Herrigel, D. Luria, J. Rogers, M. Vidal, J. Whitford, H. Wial, and E. Wiarda. Full-Utilization Learning Lean in Component Manufacturing: A New Industrial Model for Mature Regions, & Labor’s Stake in Its Success. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Industry Studies, 2005.

    A Working Paper and project, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Industry Studies.
    The Industry Studies program, launched in 1990 and completed in 2010, aimed to promote high quality scholarship about particular industries through encouraging close interaction between academics and industry practitioners.

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  • Gordon, K., and S. Ode. High Performance Cities: A Guide to Energy-Saving Policies for Urban Areas. COWS, 2005.

    This report brings together a number of different strategies that can be used individually or in concert to reduce energy use and achieve real energy savings. These strategies are focused on building operations, renewable energy development, transportation, and financing.

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  • Borosage, R., and J. Rogers. Both An Imperative and An Opportunity. South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 2005, p. 23A.

    The Energy Bill from the George W. Bush era caters to the special interests of oil companies and does not reduce dependence on foreign oil. New energy for America requires investments in renewable energies and job openings in renewable energy sector as well as incentives for states and municipalities who are already taking action on environmental sustainability.

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  • Rogers, J. Cities: The Vital Core. Vol. 280, The Nation, 2005, pp. 20-22.
    From The Nation, June 20, 2005.
    Cities are the most productive and most sustainable centers of the US economy, the most vital and generous centers of our culture and, potentially, the most democratic and forward-looking of our many units of government. They have been neglected in terms of their impact on the economy (the metropolitan area constitutes about 80% of the US population), in their power to pioneer equality (the metro core is where different races coincide, where upper and middle classes live, where most research and education institution are located, where new commerce and innovation begins), in that their sheer size and weight make metro regions a point of leverage in the national economy (here begins “high road” policies).
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  • Mayrl, M. Refocusing Wisconsin’s TIF System on Urban Redevelopment: Three Reforms. COWS, 2005.

    Wisconsin’s tax incremental financing (TIF) was originally intended to provide crucial assistance for urban redevelopment projects. Today however, it has grown into a program with responsibility for promoting all kinds of economic development across the state. This unchecked growth is not without side effects, as the current program may actually discourage urban redevelopment and increase the opportunities for misuse of the program. This report proposes a solution to these problems through three reforms that create a stronger tax incremental district (TID) classification system, remove TIF-based incentives for developing open land, and add incentives for stricter joint review board examination of TIF project plans.

    Documents include both Full Report and Executive Summary.

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  • Rogers, J. “An Industrial Policy That Works”. Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs, Vol. 48, no. 6, 2005, pp. 6-16.
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  • Rogers, J. “The Delphi Oracle”. The Nation, Vol. 281, 2005, pp. 25-26.
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  • Rogers, J. A Step for Voting Reform. no. 280, The Nation, 2005, pp. 4-5.
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