Mark Muro

Washington, D.C.

Senior Fellow and Policy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings Institution

Senior fellow and policy director, Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings. Interested in innovation, regions, the clean economy and lots of other stuff

Articles

How can policymakers help communities left behind by globalization and automation?

1 week ago | brookings.edu | Mark Muro |Gordon H. Hanson |Robert Puentes

It’s not so much a question of policy design. It’s matching the right design to the places in need and then resourcing those efforts in the appropriate way. Gordon Hanson In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts discuss ways to address the regional economic consequences of globalization.
The geography of generative AI’s workforce impacts will likely differ from those of previous technologies

Feb 19, 2025 | brookings.edu | Mark Muro |Shriya Methkupally |Molly Kinder

As the generative AI race heats up, it’s important to examine where in the U.S. the technology might boost or harm workers, or if place even matters. Last fall, Brookings published a report looking at possible patterns of AI involvement in the labor market, focusing on how generative AI appears set to intersect with particular occupations, regardless of their location.
In one of his final actions, Biden urges continued help for left-behind places

Jan 22, 2025 | brookings.edu | Mark Muro |Anthony F. Pipa

President Donald Trump signed an avalanche of executive orders on his first day in office, consuming policymakers’ and the media’s attention. Meanwhile, former President Joe Biden’s very last executive order on economic policy—issued on January 19, the last full day of his tenure—has gone relatively unnoticed. Yet Biden’s order—on “helping left-behind communities make a comeback”—merits attention.
The future of the US digital economy depends on equitable access to its jobs

Nov 19, 2024 | brookings.edu | Robert Maxim |Mark Muro |Carl Romer

Over the past several years, emerging technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (AI) have dominated headlines, while industrial strategies centered on technologies such as semiconductors have become central to U.S. economic policymaking.
Generative AI, the American worker, and the future of work

Oct 10, 2024 | brookings.edu | Molly Kinder |Mark Muro |Sifan Liu

The launch of ChatGPT-3.5 at the end of 2022 captured the world’s attention and illustrated the uncanny ability of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to produce a range of seemingly human-generated content, including text, video, audio, images, and code.
The AI Revolution Is Coming for Your Non-Union Job

Oct 9, 2024 | flipboard.com | Molly Kinder |Mark Muro

Computer Science4 hours agoRunway AI video gets a big upgrade — 5 prompts to try it outTom's Guide - By Ryan Morrison • 4hRunway is my favorite artificial intelligence video generator. It has a flexible range of features, options, and capabilities in addition to an …Cooking22 hours agoThe Surprising Way Pro Chefs Tell When Steak Is Done CookingCNET - Pamela Vachon • 22hYou just need three fingers to nail your next steak or burger.
The AI Revolution Is Coming for Your Non-Union Job

Oct 9, 2024 | aol.com | Molly Kinder |Mark Muro

October 10, 2024 at 6:06 AMMichael Nigro—Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images Credit - The American Federation of Musicians (AFM), a union representing over 70,000 musicians across the entertainment industry, rallies outside of Rockefeller Center on Sept. 4, 2024 in New York, N.Y., as negotiations begin for a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Finding a long-term place for 'place-based' development strategy

Oct 6, 2024 | brookings.edu | Mark Muro |Joseph Parilla

The watershed legislation of the Biden years continues to loom large as the Biden administration winds down. Most conspicuously, the administration’s major spending bills—the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Chips and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—stand out for their sheer size. Together, the bills loom historically large and account for some $3.8 trillion in outlays aimed at modernizing the U.S. economy.
The case for promoting the geographic and social diffusion of AI development

Sep 12, 2024 | brookings.edu | Mark Muro |Julian Jacobs

Last fall, we argued that the AI sector—especially large language model (LLM) activity—is being driven by concentrated research, modeling, and design work occurring in just a handful of “superstar” tech centers along the coasts: the Bay Area, Seattle, New York, and Boston. In that piece, we suggested that such concentration is a negative force in shaping AI development and, more broadly, U.S. economic growth.
‘Place-based industrial strategy’ responds to past and future industrial and labor market shocks

Aug 29, 2024 | brookings.edu | Glencora Haskins |Mark Muro |Maya Garg

In a January speech at Brookings, National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard mentioned two prime motivations of the Biden-Harris administration’s “place-based industrial strategy.” According to Brainard, such strategies should not just alleviate the “downward spiral of disinvestment” experienced by communities suffering from past or current industry shocks—they also should seek to fortify economies at high risk of future disruption.