Economic Recovery an interesting approach

Reading an article linked from another post http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4783503

I went back to the source to see if I could find any other good articles. http://www.zompist.com/default.html

I found a great piece discussing the writings of Jane Jacobs that focus on strong local economies based around cities with a diverse economic base. http://www.zompist.com/jacobs.html
Her ideas are similar to Catherine Austin Fitts Solari approach.
www.solari.com An excerpt from the article below.
Jacobs offers an edifying parable. In 1975, the Shah of Iran signed a contract to build an immense helicopter factory in Isfahan. The chief contractor was Textron, which set up a subsidiary in Euless, Texas, to handle development of the helicopter itself. The factory construction was subcontracted to Jones Construction Co. of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jones delegated the electrical portion of the factory to Howard P. Foley Co. of Washington DC; Foley in turn employed six electrical wholesalers-- e.g. S-Tran Products of Alexandria, Louisiana, which in turn subcontracted the switching gear to General Electric, involving plants in Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, and Iowa. Jones subcontracted the air conditioning and plumbing to Sam P. Wallace Co. of Dallas, Texas, whose net of sub-subcontractors embraced 150 companies.

The Shah thought he was buying development, making Iran into an advanced nation. But all he was buying was a factory, though an immense one. What he needed in order to actually be developed was what he couldn't buy: the web of thousands of companies that together enabled to US to build that factory.

(In the end he didn't even get his factory-- he was overthrown when it was only a third completed.)

I'm not the brightest bulb on the block, but these concepts make sense to me. The biggest obstacles I see to implementing the ideas are public understanding and the influence of mega-corporations. I'm sure there are many more.
I hope the links provide some food for thought for the truthseekers out there. I'd also like to hear from the great minds here at DU to refute the concepts or discuss alternatives.

I'm off to investigate further.