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Shaping North Carolina’s Future with Jim Johnson

Shaping North Carolina’s Future with Jim Johnson

Aug 29, 2024 • Commentary

Johnson, director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center, discusses how his research sheds light on key issues that will help determine the state's economic future.

Demographic Shifts

Powerful Demographic Trends and Their Economic Effects

Sep 14, 2023 • Commentary

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor Jim Johnson, director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center, defines three groups facing challenges as companies return to the office and updates his forecast of demographic gale force winds.

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