Why the Maker Movement Matters: Part I, The Tools Revolution
by James Fallows
Just like the internet before it, the Maker Movement is revolutionizing manufacturing, with implications for startups and jobs. (Read it here.)
Category Archives: Economic Life
Checklists for Success, from Knoxville to Salt Lake City, and Beyond
Checklists for Success, from Knoxville to Salt Lake City, and Beyond
by James Fallows
Do Knoxville and Salt Lake City have what it takes to succeed? (Read it here.)
Listening to Montana
by Deborah Fallows
In Chester, Montana, a world away from city life inspires an artist’s music. (Read it here.)
With the PBS NewsHour, in Greenville, SC
With the PBS NewsHour, in Greenville, SC
by James Fallows
This post calls readers’ attention to a recent segment the PBS NewsHour did [see here: http://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/2365684930] on the American Futures reporting series of James and Deborah Fallows, including some footage from Greenville, SC, and from the Fallows home in Washington, DC.
How America is Putting Itself Back Together
by James Fallows
Most people in the U.S. believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal.
Read the cover-story article here.
“Wondering Why We Like Fresno?”
“Wondering Why We Like Fresno?”
by James Fallows
Some people are smug about the coolness of New York or San Francisco. Those places are nice, Jim Fallows agrees. But he much prefers “the kick-ass spirit” of Fresno, captured in this new video from Bitwise, “a tech incubator, training school, entrepreneur center, and overall social force in one of California’s least-fashionable cities.” (See the video here; read the brief post here.)
Post-Memorial Day Note: Another Kind of Service, in San Bernardino
Post-Memorial Day Note: Another Kind of Service, in San Bernardino
by James Fallows
“I don’t just sit around. I don’t sleep much. That’s what I do. I do stuff.” The story of a man determined to do something for his town. (Read it here.)
What It’s Like When Your City Goes Broke
What It’s Like When Your City Goes Broke
by James Fallows
San Bernardino, California, is poor, and has a high unemployment rate, and is affected by drought, and is in bankruptcy court. But its real problem is something else. (Read it here.)
California’s Improbable Navel-Orange Queen
California’s Improbable Navel-Orange Queen
by Deborah Fallows
Eliza Tibbets was a suffragist, abolitionist, and spiritualist—and the mother of California’s orange industry. (Read it here.)
Fresno to South Bend to Louisville: The Elusive Elements of Civic Success
Fresno to South Bend to Louisville: The Elusive Elements of Civic Success
by James Fallows
More cities, more assessments of what works, and why Read it here.
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