The Locavore's Dilemma: Why Pineapples Shouldn't Be Grown in North Dakota
• EconLib / Jayson Lusk, Bailey NorwoodNo agricultural economist has informed the public that a key claim of local-food advocates—that local-food purchases enhance the local economy—violates the core economic principles taught in every introductory economics class. Until now.
I wonder if the author feels the same about factories. If several large factories moved into Phoenix, Arizona who manufactured say various solar products that people would buy, including local people, and that situation allowed the factories to hire local people who could then afford to shop locally and internationally, would that hurt the Phoenix economy?