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Category Archives: Economic Life

April 25, 2014

The New Industrial Belt: The Deep South

Big Business, Columbus MS

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by James Fallows
Does America still “make things?” Come take a look … in Mississippi. (Read it here.)

April 22, 2014

A Song of America’s Downtowns

Columbus MS, Community Redevelopment

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by James Fallows
A heartening surprise of our travel so far: the breadth, seriousness, and—in some places—success of the effort to revitalize small-town downtowns. Or, what 3 programmers from Uzbekistan taught us about America. (Read it here.)

April 11, 2014

The Seas? The Skies? The Transformation of a Company Town, Part 2

Big Business, St. Marys GA • Tags: Company town

The Seas? The Skies? The Transformation of a Company Town, Part 2lead
by James Fallows
One economic titan has fallen, another has taken its place, but a city wants to expand its options. (Read it here.)

April 7, 2014

The Transformation of a Company Town: St. Marys, Part 1

Big Business, St. Marys GA • Tags: Company town

The Transformation of a Company Town: St. Marys, Part 1lead-2
by James Fallows
What happens when the company shuts down?  (Read it here.)

February 18, 2014

The Parks and Recreation Theory of America’s Future

Economic Life, Entrepreneurs, Greenville SC

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by James Fallows
What we discuss at the national level has surprisingly little to do with startup decisions. Some provocative data about where America is growing, and why. (Read it here.)

January 25, 2014

Smaller-Town Startups: ‘Stopping the Brain Drain’ in South Carolina

Economic Life, Greenville SC

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by James Fallows
‘People say, this is my ticket Out.’ Then, they want to stay. (Read it here.)

January 7, 2014

Ice Cream, Chocolate, Coffee, and Beer

Entrepreneurs, Redlands CA

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by Deborah Fallows
Take ingredients and blend, for small-town synergy.  (Read it here.)

January 7, 2014

Why Do Tech Companies End Up Where They Are?

Burlington VT, Economic Life, Redlands CA • Tags: High-tech companies

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by James Fallows
“You get some clusters, and some stand-alone firms far from anyone else. But rarely anything in-between.”   (Read it here.)

January 5, 2014

Luck? Planning? Karma? The Elements of a Small Town’s High-Tech Success

Burlington VT, Economic Life, Entrepreneurs, Redlands CA

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by James Fallows
A software company grows in an unlikely setting. “Why here?” we ask the founders. (Read it here.)

December 22, 2013

From the Tree to the Table: The Journey of a Brave Little Orange

Economic Life, Redlands CA

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by James Fallows
The surprising complexity behind even the simplest-seeming aspects of modern life. (Read it here.)

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