Thanks to a reader for a link to a report on a ranking of the state’s according to how well they’re fixed to compete in the new global tecnology economy.

At the bottom: West Virginia, Mississippi, South Dakota, Arkansas and Alabama. Not surprising, I guess, these state rely on cheap costs and natural resources  rather than innovation to attract jobs to their states.

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