Pittsburgh’s post-steel economy is a success – and a warning for other cities
- Written by Christopher Briem, Regional Economist, Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
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...







