Mark Lautman | Reinventing Economic Development

Posted by marklautman on Dec 30, 2011

Reinventing Economic Development: Industrial Revolution 3.0

Reinventing Economic Development: Industrial Revolution 3.0 New Mexico Business Weekly by Mark Lautman, Guest Columnist Date: Friday, December 30, 2011, 4:00am MST Which country has the largest share of global manufacturing? Your first thought would probably be China, but that would be wrong. Thanks in part to a big drop in Chinese manufacturing production from the global recession and...

Posted by marklautman on Nov 25, 2011

Citizen Shane and other things we should be thankful for

Citizen Shane and other things we should be thankful for By Mark Lautman Published 11/25/11 I think Thanksgiving is our best holiday. Once a year, even if it’s just for 25 seconds right before dinner, Americans acknowledge how lucky we are – even when we aren’t. One of the best things about being in the economic development business is that you end up working around people who have...

Posted by marklautman on Oct 28, 2011

Reinventing economic development: Economic entropy

Reinventing economic development: Economic entropy By Mark Lautman Published 10/28/11 In case you missed it, physicists now believe as much as 70 percent of the mass of the universe is made of “dark matter” that’s pushing everything apart at an accelerating rate. It’s a bummer in the long run — our molecular structure is going to explode a lot...

Posted by marklautman on Sep 23, 2011

Reinventing Economic Development: Saved by the poor

Reinventing Economic Development: Saved by the Poor By Mark Lautman Published 9/23/11 Last week, we learned from U.S. Census data that one of every six American households is living in poverty. That’s a family of four earning less than $22,315 annually. For a single adult under 65, the poverty level is $11,344 a year. Worse, almost one of every four...

Posted by marklautman on Aug 26, 2011

Reinventing economic development: Game over

Reinventing economic development: Game over By Mark Lautman Published 8/26/11 New Mexico’s economic security blanket, the federal government, which has buffered us from the ravages of business cycles and recessions, is gone for good. The Aug. 2 federal budget deal dashes any chances that New Mexico will emerge from the recession any time soon, and flips...

Posted by marklautman on Jul 22, 2011

Responding to an economic death threat

Responding to an economic death threat By Mark Lautman Published 7/22/11 Being introduced as the Dr. Kevorkian of economic development at a speaking gig in Nashville last week reminded me that I needed to look for some positive and inspiring things to talk about. While many community leaders pray for economic development projects — they’re too confused,...

Posted by marklautman on Jun 24, 2011

Reinventing economic development: Waiting for the bottom

Reinventing economic development: Waiting for the bottom By Mark Lautman Published 6/24/11 New Mexico is losing the economic development game. If you need proof, here are some numbers: There were 4,623 economic development deals done in the U.S. last year. While down from 6,217 deals five years ago, I expected it to be much lower, given the severity of the...