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Wednesday, June 12, 2002

Via the Birmingham Business Journal, Study: State's 'new economy' is fourth-worst ::sigh:: One step forward, two steps back.

[...] Alabama finished just ahead of Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virginia.

That's not a particularly desirable place to be, especially considering Huntsville's reputation as a technology hub and the stated desire of business and government leaders to attract more high-tech firms to the state.

The study used 21 economic indicators to arrive at its overall rankings.

Alabama's manufacturing workforce was found to be the third-worst educated. It had the fourth-lowest percentage of adults with Internet access (46.2 percent), and the fourth-lowest percentage of patents issued (1 per 4,167 workers).

Its state government was deemed the fourth-worst at implementing digital technologies. Its schools were fifth-lowest in technology use.

Alabama also scored low in the percentage of farmers and manufacturers with Internet access, as well as the percentage of total jobs in the information technology industry (less than 1 percent).

The state's highest score was a No. 20 finish in job churning, the combined number of new startups and business failures as a share of all establishments in each state. [...]

"Not a particularly desirable place to be?" I'm sure this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the noble Solons of Goat Hill, who despite the generally poor condition of the state's economy, have established a tidy little business for themselves and their various hangers-on.

posted by Terry at 3:51:00 PM

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