- Texas in the Spotlight> New article in The Economist highlights Texas' super growth .:.
- Black Gold Winners> Texas, along with OK and AK, should rebound first say economists thanks to energy's strength .:.
- More Good News> Brookings Study shows Texas metros are among the 20 strongest economies in nation .:.
- Alamo City Economy> S.A. public companies right the ship .:.
- Focus for Foreign Investment> lures investors, like Mexico-friendly culture and stable real estate values.:.
- The One that Got Away> losing AT&T's HQ really a good thing? Could be. .:.
- Texas T-Bone Rail Link> High-speed rail funding may bypass Texas.:.
- "It doesn't hurt to ask"> Texas asks Federal gov to have common sense regarding high speed rail .:.
- Say What?> Growing cities, shrinking suburbs, not just Texas but nationally .:.
- Census Data> Latest county-based data available .:.
- Keep Austin Loud> ATX's music scene cited in article on downtowns and civic hubs.:.
- Derailing Rail Plans> RT @ @: High-Speed Trains Cost Too Much To Be Worth Building -- Harvard Prof
- Neck and Neck> Dallas and Houston tie for 9th place on Inc. 500 top metro area list .:.
- Bulls vs. Bears> Is their a rivalry between growing Texas and shrinking California, The Economist thinks so.:.
- In the Black> Texas only big state to have a surplus in 2009, gap in 2010 just 10% of California's.:.
- Texas' Loss, California's Gain> US military strategy shift impacts stationing of Navy vessels.:.
- Las Vegas is to L.A. as New Orleans is to... > Cali's high-speed rail plan offers useful analogy for Texas.:.
- State vs. State> Study of California's competitiveness shows Texas' strength .:.
- Apples-to-Apples> Comparison of 37 different taxes on state-by-state basis, how does Texas compare?.:.
- Venture Capital Hubs> Fascinating Harvard paper on VC clusters, DFW ranked 6th, down from 1990 peak, ATX not ranked.:.
- Top 10 Nano Metros> ATX and Houston rank 9th and 10th among nanotechnology cluster cities .:.
- Small is Big> Texas ranks 4th in nanotech among states, PDF of nanotech resources here.:.
- How much the Apollo Program would cost today .:.
- Tech Empires> Rome wasn't built in a day, neither are technology powerhouses .:.
- IPOs in the Lone Star> How Texas stacks up in public offerings over last 10 years .:.
- Arcologies for Innovation> Nations invest big in research & tech parks to attract corporations .:.
- Creator Class> Film-maker Mike Judge and who Butt-head really was based on .:.
- Aerospace Clusters> fights for aerospace work, borne of Air Force presence, plenty of competition .:.
- Cluster Power> How a small California gave rise to the Information Age .:.
- Physicians heal themselves > Houston Medical Center giants seek to mend past wounds, bring back breakthroughs.:.
- Think Different> Richard Florida tells Fort Worth to get creative to prosper .:.
- Megapolitan America> Where the next 100 million people will live .:.
- 22nd Century America> U.S. home to 600 million by 2109, says Metropolitan Institute; South and West will boom.:.
- Population Boom> U.S. 3rd most populous country; by 2050, 439 million people will live here .:.
- Arcologies for Innovation> Nations invest big in research & tech parks to attract corporations .:.
- Ur-Mega> Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is a harbinger of things to come; Austin and San Antonio best watch out .:.
- There Be Giants> Don Quixote wasn't so crazy afterall .:.
- Quantum Leaps> Until jet engines, icebergs were a major threat to intercontinental travel, just ask the Titanic .:.
- Vinyl records are to coal as CDs are to...> How technology progress could enable energy-source transition .:.
- Forget petroleum, we're living in the Age of Methane.:.
- Future of Energy> Decarbonization and other megatrends driving energy industry.:.
- The Age of Petroleum, Act 2> Natural gas will be energy's star in the coming decades.:.
- Oil Independence Talk = Demagoguery> Saudi prince writes op-ed in Foreign Policy magazine.:.
![U.S. Megas [America2050.org]](http://www.america2050.org//sync/elements/america2050map.png){kind=link}