Economy

The New Geography of Finance

Despite the crisis, the U.S. finance industry has grown since 2008.
Brendan McDermid / Reuters

The 2008 financial crisis set in motion shock waves that are still reverberating through the American, European, and global economies, touching everything from housing to jobs to college tuition.

In March 2009, I wrote a piece for The Atlantic outlining the likely effects of the crisis on America’s economic landscape. Several years into the crisis, I wanted to look at how the crisis might have affected the geography of finance across America.