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Category Archives: Economic Life

March 9, 2015

Welcome to American Futures 3.0

Community Redevelopment, Fresno CA, Transportation

Welcome to American Futures 3.0lead-3
by James Fallows
A new season of reports on a renewing America   (Read it here.)

March 2, 2015

Talking With Dan Richard about High-Speed Rail

Fresno CA, High-speed Rail

Talking With Dan Richard about High-Speed Raillead
by James Fallows
The chairman of California’s costly and controversial infrastructure project explains why (in his view) it actually will get built—and whether its champion, 77-year-old Governor Jerry Brown, is likely to be able to take a ride.
(Read it here.)

January 12, 2015

California High-Speed Rail: The Collector’s Edition

Community Redevelopment, Fresno CA, High-speed Rail, Transportation

California HIgh-Speed Rail: The Collector’s Editionlead-4
by James Fallows
An index to the arguments pro and con about the most ambitious infrastructure project in the United States  (Read it here.)

January 6, 2015

California High-Speed Rail: A Minor End, an Important Beginning

Fresno CA, High-speed Rail

California High-Speed Rail: A Minor End, an Important Beginning

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by James Fallows
Who should get the benefit of the doubt when we consider the unknowable future?
(Read it here.)

December 23, 2014

How to Create a Tech Startup Scene If You’re Not in Silicon Valley

Collaborations, Colleges and Universities, Economic Life, Entrepreneurs, Pittsburgh PA • Tags: High-tech, Pittsburgh PA

How to Create a Tech Startup Scene If You’re Not in Silicon Valleylead-6
by John Tierney
Pittsburgh’s success provides important and surprising clues. (Read it here.)

December 20, 2014

A Rural High School with a 21st Century Outlook

Economic Life, High Schools, Winters CA

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/a-rural-high-school-with-a-21st-century-outlook/383963/73445f9c6
by Deborah Fallows
A California school prepares its students for success. (Read it here.)

December 13, 2014

That Winning Bid for California’s High-Speed Rail: Is It Suspiciously Low?

Fresno CA, High-speed Rail

That Winning Bid for California’s High-Speed Rail: Is It Suspiciously Low?lead
by James Fallows
“No one should have the illusion that this phase is going to be completed for $1.2 billion. This is a political number.” So says a critic of the surprisingly low successful bid. The rail system’s chairman begs to differ.
(Read it here.)

December 13, 2014

California High-Speed Rail: It’s Happening

Fresno CA, High-speed Rail

California High-Speed Rail: It’s Happening
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by James Fallows
Three weeks from now, a groundbreaking ceremony on the most important infrastructure project now underway in the United States
(Read it here.)

December 11, 2014

How the Arts Drive Pittsburgh’s Revitalization

Arts, Community Redevelopment, Pittsburgh PA

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by John Tierney
The role of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, founded by a wealthy band of visionaries 30 years ago, is central—but hard to replicate. (Read it here.)

December 7, 2014

The Past Is Never Past: Slave Labor in the West Virginia Salt Works

Economic Life

The Past Is Never Past: Slave Labor in the West Virginia Salt Workslead-15
by James Fallows
“It is not fair to the men who were forced to work in this industry to celebrate the salt without celebrating them as well.” (Read it here.)

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