ERIC BERGESON: Prairie prosperity?
Published 05/31/2009, Grand Forks Herald
Forbes publisher, Rich Karlgaard, is optimistic about the economic future of the heartland
Times are changing, and for the first time in 90 years, they might be changing in our favor. Instead of seeing small farm towns as places from which to escape, the world may soon see them as places that have a competitive advantage. Who knows, in another 50 years the prairie countryside may once again have more people above ground than below.