The shift of human capital, job creation, and business formation to metropolitan areas reveals that rural America is teetering on the edge of collapse. The Economic Innovation Group’s (EIG) Distressed Communities Index (DCI) shows this significant economic transformation (from two distinct periods: 2007-2011 and 2012-2016) that occurred since the financial crisis. Since the crisis, the number of … Continue reading The US Agriculture Complex is on the Verge of Disaster