Ten-Gallon Economy: Sizing Up Economic Growth in Texas

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Tipping Our Hats to the Ten-Gallon Economy....Pages 3-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Increasing Jobs and Income from Work: The Role and Limitations of Public Policy....Pages 15-31
Why Texas Grows Faster: The Role of Smaller Government....Pages 33-45
The Shortcomings of the Texas Margin Tax....Pages 47-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Texas’ Education Challenge: A Demographic Dividend or Bust?....Pages 61-77
Oil Boom Lowers Human Capital Investment in Texas....Pages 79-90
Employment Growth and Labor Market Polarization in the United States and Texas....Pages 91-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Texas Real Estate: From the 1980s’ Oil Bust to the Shale Oil Boom....Pages 109-118
The Evolution of Texas Banking....Pages 119-137
The Impact of Changing Energy Prices on the Texas Economy....Pages 139-158
Texas Comparative Advantage and Manufacturing Exports....Pages 159-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
So Close to Mexico: Economic Spillovers along the Texas-Mexico Border....Pages 183-198
Border Economic Recovery Lags Rest of State....Pages 199-212
Las Colonias along the Texas-Mexico Border....Pages 213-229
Back Matter....Pages 231-248