Does Less Moving Mean Less Money?

The Takeaway

Population growth is highest in areas that have one of two things going for them: sunshine and people with college degrees.  That’s according to a study co-authored by Harvard economics professor Edward L. Glaeser. Finance and Wall Street reporter for The New York Times Louise Story has been thinking about how the state of our economy may change American migration patterns. If people can’t move because they can’t sell their houses, and migration creates economic growth, what happens?  

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