Et in Cascadia, ego: state industrial policy

Article Abstract:

Cascadia as an economic region is a dream. With a projected GNP of $250b , it embraces Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana plus British Columbia and Alberta. The area does have its detractors. Crime, alienated youth and dependency on a few industries or corporations such as Boeing, are cited as weaknesses.

Industrial locations, Industrial location, Western United States, Pacific Northwest, Northwestern States

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State and market revisited: how interventionist should third-world governments be?

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Advocates of either intervention or free markets in Third-World economies are beginning see the other side's points. A reply to a review of the book 'States or Markets?' defines 'new interventionism' as government actions to merely guide the market, and uses Taiwan as a successful example.

Forecasts and trends, Capitalism, International trade regulation, Intervention (Federal government), Federal intervention

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Industrial cleaning: dry-ice rice

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Waste Minimization and Containment Services Inc (WMC) has developed an industrial cleaning method that uses remote-controlled robots that emit pressurized carbon dioxide pellets. The US Energy Dept has granted WMC a nuclear waste removal contract.

Services, Contracts, Pollution control industry, United States. Department of Energy, Environmental services industry, Waste Minimization and Containment Services Inc.

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