Texas is facing a number of head winds — a crumbling infrastructure (the grid, for example), increasing drought and worsening megastorms due to climate change, the state government’s hostility to a green economy, and the adoption of extreme social conservative laws that could drive away work force talent.
And these issues can’t be addressed as long as the state’s assault on democracy prevents accountability at the ballot box.
Getting a complete picture of the future of the polymorphic Texas economy isn’t easy.
Steven Pedigo gives us his take in a recent essay in the New York Times titled "Texas is the Future of America." He is the founding executive director of the LBJ Urban Lab and a professor of practice at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.