Chicago strives for ‘nerd’ status

Chicago strives for ‘nerd’ status

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Since coming into office, Mayor Emanuel has been pushing to make Chicago one of the nation’s major tech hubs. But have we succeeded in becoming a so-called “Nerdopolis?” Amy Merrick is one of the authors of the article, “Welcome to Nerdopolis”, this summer’s cover article for Capital Ideas, the research magazine for The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. She joins us to discuss the state of tech in Chicago.