Download or read book Inside Game/Outside Game written by David Rusk and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to David Rusk, focusing on programs aimed at improving inner-city neighborhoods--playing the " inside game" --is a losing strategy. Achieving real improvement requires matching the " inside game" with a strong " outside game" of regional strategies to overcome growing fiscal disparities, concentrated poverty, and urban sprawl.