Is there a way for Maine to escape a demographic trap in which its population ages, its workforce shrinks and its economy slows? In an essay in the latest Maine Policy Review, Ed Cervone, president of the Maine Development Foundation, argues there is. Cervone tells MPBN's Irwin Gratz that the Maine economy would grow faster if the state did more to lure people from away.

In an essay in Maine Policy Review, Maine Development Foundation President Ed Cervone argues that Maine's economy would grow faster if the state did more to pitch its assets to people from away.