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Features

• Perspectives on Applied Research in Economic Development
  Mark M. Miller, Editor
• The ARED Case Study in Progress: Responses to “Linking High Tech, the Arts, and Affordable Housing: The Continuing Challenge of Success in Downtown Winston-Salem,”
  by Ken Malone and Brian Richard (2007), Roger Dale, William Hettinger, and Danilo Pelletiere

Mini-Theme: Workforce and ED

• The Costs of Dropping Out and the Benefits of Going On: The Crucial Role of Education in Louisiana and the Nation
  R. Morris Coats and Gökhan Karahan
• Linking Human Capital and Economic Growth in Arkansas
  Daniel V. Rainey and Biswa R. Das

Other Research Articles

• Chasing Cheetahs: Six Lessons from Missouri’s Fast-Growth Firms
  Marty Romitti and Mary Bruton
• The 511 Tourism Information Service of Southern and Eastern Kentucky
  Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf and Candice Y. Wallace

Book Reviews

• Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction, by John K. McCraw (2007)
  Reviewed by Robert Formaini
• The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters, by Diane Coyle (2007)
  Reviewed by James Held
• Reining in the Competition for Capital, by Ann Markusen (2007)
  Reviewed by Chad R. Miller

Website Review

• U.S. Census Bureau’s business.census.gov
  Reviewed by Marc Oliphant and John Provo

Information About ARED

• Call for papers
• Subscription information
• Credits: vol. 4, no. 2 (inside back cover)
• Outside back cover: Trent Lott National Center of Excellence for Economic Development & Entrepreneurship