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Romancing the Smokestack: How Cities and States Pursue Prosperity

I’m writing to let you know that my new book on economic development is now available online!

The book is called Romancing the Smokestack: How Cities and States Pursue Prosperity https://www.createspace.com/3477293 . It’s a collection of more than 60 columns I’ve published in Governing magazine over the past 15 years – a Cook’s Tour, if you will, of economic development trends around the country since the mid-1990s.

It’s an easy and informative read – useful as a desk reference, a classroom text, or just for fun. Over the course of 200-plus pages, you’ll learn about a wide variety of economic development trends and topics, including:

* How China is losing manufacturing jobs just as fast as the United States

* Whether cities can count on airports as economic development generators

* The changing role of automobile sales in helping cities balance their budgets

* How states are requiring more accountability in their economic development efforts

* Keys to success in the "innovation economy"

The entire book is only $16 – a good bargain for so much information. So I sincerely hope you’ll check out Romancing the Smokestack https://www.createspace.com/3477293 right away!

Bill Fulton

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