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"The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Thomas M. Hoenig, said on Monday in Buenos Aires that for economies to work best, institutions must be allowed to fail." It's an interesting concept at a time when unemployment is high, stocks are down, and every talking head looks in the mirror only to see Chicken Little staring back. Let's face it, failure is ubiquitous these days -- the housing market, Bear Stearns, etc. -- and I'm sorry, Mr. Hoenig, but our economy doesn't seem to be working.
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Look no further than Kalamazoo, MI, whose "failure" came through a string of misfortune -- namely, a closed GM stamping plant, followed by Pfizer's takeover of Pharmacia and subsequent lay-offs. A few thousand lost jobs later, and the city's downtown began to crumble, population declined, and property values decreased. Enter innovation:
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- The GM stamping plant, a true "white elephant" within the community, was reimagined years later as a multi-complex business park;
- The Kalamazoo Promise allowed for free college edcation for area high school graduates, igniting the first rise in local housing prices in 20 years and attracting new residents from all over the world: http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121676435398175079.html.
Today, at a time when the entire state of Michigan (and most of the nation) is stuck in recession, Kalamazoo has added 4,000+ jobs the last seven months. Is your community "failing?" Might be time for some revolutionary thinking...
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