How to (Really) Revive America’s Industrial Cities

Pittsburgh shows the “eds and meds” model at work, what the cowboy boot boom says about America and Japan starts letting its zombie companies die. 

Tactical vehicles at Carnegie Robotics.Source: Source: Sam Connors, Tyler Stacy, & Paris Walker

Welcome to the weekend!

This week Charlie Javice was sentenced to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase in its $175 million acquisition of her student-finance startup. What was the startup’s name? Find out with this week’s Pointed quiz.