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Infrastructure: the foundation for prosperity
Roads, bridges, dams, sewers, wastewater treatment plants, and more make up what we collectively refer to as infrastructure. It is vital to the way we live, but it usually makes headlines only when something goes wrong with it. This issue of EconSouth examines infrastructure from local, national, and international perspectives.
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After the boom, housing affordability a growing challenge
Home ownership has long been a cornerstone of the American dream. Although the housing boom has crested, ensuring a supply of affordable housing remains a challenge for areas whose growth has been robust.
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Foreclosures chill one-hot Southeast housing market
The housing market once added considerable sizzle to the Southeastern economy. But the foreclosure crisis has roiled the region and spread its tentacles into many industries and residents' lives. Foreclosures' eventual cost to the region's economy remains to be seen.
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Florida housing: blueprint for success?
A number of geographic, economic, and demographic factors have sent Florida?s property values spiraling upward, creating a dynamic housing market. But can this brisk pace continue?