Don Jackson talks with AK5A about regional economic development, its strategies and problems as well as a brief discussion the history of about automation. Don is a Research Manager at a small economic development firm in Austin, Texas, he holds TWO masters degrees from the the University of Texas in Community and Regional Planning and Sustainable Design. Works Cited: - Alperovitz, Gar. Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution (YouTube, 2013)(Video). - Alperovitz, Gar. What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution. (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013). - Imbroscio, David. Urban America Reconsidered: Alternatives for Governance and Policy.(Cornell University Press, 2010). - Teresa Lynch and Adam Kamins, “Creating Equity: Does Regionalism Have an Answer for Urban Poverty? Can It?”. (Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, 2012)(PDF). Automation/Record-Replay Machine: - Nobel, David. Forces of Production. (Knopf, 1984). Organizational Links: - Community-Wealth.org - Institute for Local Self Reliance