Assorted Links Friday

Growing counties (and shrinking counties):

COVID-19’s impact on the demand for manufacturing and production workers: The following map represents all metro areas with a population over 1 million shaded by percent change in unique job postings for production occupations over the last 90 days.

A Californian experiment in the provision of guaranteed income returns its first results: It turns out that people like receiving free money.

Tech should remain an essential focus of economic developers: Start-up activity boosts opportunities for locations and under-represented groups.

Uh oh: These are the worst Consumer Sentiment numbers in a decade?  

You can blame Delta.

There’s a big shift happening in the housing market:

And, finally: Visualize mining the ocean:

Enjoy your weekend!