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So what if GATT isn't NAFTA?

Southwest Economy , Issue Jan , Pages 5

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Globalizing Texas: direct investment and business cycles

Hundreds of foreign companies, employing almost 400,000 workers, have put down roots in Texas. The highest concentration of jobs is in manufacturing, but more foreign firms are finding their way into services. ; Early this decade, Texas exceeded the nation in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) assets, but the state has since lost its edge. Its FDI-related employment as a share of overall jobs ranks in the middle of the pack. ; In the September/October issue of> Southwest Economy, an article on globalizing Texas focused on export growth and related employment, including jobs in high ...
Southwest Economy , Issue Nov , Pages 11-13

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Would a research tax credit be a good investment for Texas?

Southwest Economy , Issue Mar , Pages 1-7

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Spotlight: health coverage misses many in DFW, Texas

The Dallas?Fort Worth metro area has a higher median income than Texas and a slightly higher median income than the U.S. as a whole (see chart). It recently ranked among the nation?s most attractive areas for job seekers. It even features prominently on lists of upper-income amenities such as shopping malls, spas and cosmetic-surgery expenditures per capita. Yet both Dallas and Tarrant counties feature uninsured rates that would rank among the top 10 states in the nation, with Dallas County?s 30.5 percent nearly double the national average.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q1 , Pages 15-15

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Is the system failing when hard work, education not enough?

Gary Hoover, author of "Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead," discusses why some people who follow the rules for getting ahead instead fall behind.
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Has the housing boom increased mortgage risk?

Southwest Economy , Issue Sep , Pages 1-6

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Globalization Remains a Force Despite Pandemic, Political Strains

Pol Antràs is the Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He discusses international trade flows and whether evidence indicates that the world economy has entered an era of deglobalization.
Southwest Economy , Issue Third Quarter

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Natural gas from shale: Texas revolution goes global

The Texas experiment in extracting natural gas from the Barnett Shale proved the technical feasibility of shale gas development and brought costs within bounds that promise to give shale gas an important role in global energy supplies for decades to come. ; Shale gas cost estimates vary widely, partly because of limited experience in a few basins and partly because the technology is evolving. Prices of competing energy sources at levels seen today will likely stimulate continued rapid development of natural gas from shale. However, additional regulations to protect or conserve groundwater ...
Southwest Economy , Issue Q3 , Pages 10-13

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Texas: demographically different

Southwest Economy , Issue May , Pages 1-5

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Spotlight: Health care reform - reducing ranks of uninsured Texans comes at a price

Texas has the highest percentage of residents without health insurance in the nation. About 27 percent of nonelderly Texans, or 6.1 million people, don?t have coverage. The rest of the population is insured through an employer, private individual insurance or a public plan such as Medicaid. Congress approved health care reform, known as the Affordable Care Act, in March 2010 in part to reduce the ranks of the uninsured.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q1 , Pages 15-15

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