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Happy Saturday night from the Econ Dev Show.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Assorted Links Saturday
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Another 4 million workers quit in the 5th month in a row of record exits: It shows how the pandemic is still making people rethink what they want out of work and life.


Biden administration plans wind farms along nearly the entire US coastline: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced that her agency will formally begin the process of identifying federal waters to lease to wind developers by 2025.


Measured productivity growth up a lot in the US in the wake of COVID, is flat or down in other major advanced economies:


Ordering in: The rapid evolution of food delivery:

How the world eats is changing dramatically. A little under two decades ago, restaurant-quality meal delivery was still largely limited to foods such as pizza and Chinese. Nowadays, food delivery has become a global market worth more than $150 billion, having more than tripled since 2017. In the United States, the market has more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, following healthy historical growth of 8 percent.

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CEO of Sitehunt, the AI platform for economic development, site selection and RFI automation. Host and publisher of the Econ Dev Show. In Houston, Texas.


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