Fate of the states

Explains that the financial crisis and real estate bust of 2007-2008 was not just consumers overspending, but state and local governments also, and as a result the United States economy has begun to reform along regional lines where wealth, power, and opportunity have begun to flow away from the coasts and toward a central corridor in which states such as North Dakota, Indiana, and Texas have survived the housing crisis relatively unscathed and have the money to retrain workers and offer tax incentives to companies willing to relocate.