Lessons about the power of being a 'headquarters economy'
11 Mar 2019
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Our governor and legislators might be a little busy now but by next session they should have read a new book called “Headquarters Economy” by business school Prof. Myles Shaver.
It’s an easy read, but this isn’t a recommendation for book club. They need to read it because they likely don’t understand Minnesota’s economy as well as they should — and certainly not as well as Shaver does.
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