An Economic Perspective on the Southwest: Defining the Decade, 1992 Proceedings of the 1990 Conference on the Southwest Economy Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Proceedings of the 1990 Conference on the Southwest Economy Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

One — Defining the Decade.- The Changing International Marketplace.- A Decade of Decisions.- Two — The Changing International Marketplace.- America Has Made the World Safe for Democracy. Now What?.- Germany as a Marketplace.- Prospects for a U.S.—Mexico Free Trade Agreement: Lessons from Canada.- Three — Investing in the Future.- Making the Future Work.- Business Development from R&D to Innovation.- The Third Deficit.: The Shortfall in Public Investment.- Financing the Future: Private and Public Funding.- Four —Perspectives on the Energy Market.- Oil: Alternative Perspectives on the Decade.- Exploration and Development in the 1990s:Impact on the Southwest.- Oil in the 1990s: Boom or Bust.- Five — The Future of the Southwest Economy.- The Southwest Economy: A Prologue for the Future.- The Future of the Texas Economy.