By the way in the early days its name was changed to Bismarck to attract German investment. Apparently it did not work very well!
Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html --- On Thu, 3/4/10, Sabri Oncu <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sabri Oncu <[email protected]> > Subject: [Pen-l] heights of absurdity > To: "pen-l" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 1:42 AM > > Bismarck is the capital of North > Dakota a couple of hundred miles > > or so to the south of me. It is a small city. > > > > Cheers, k hanly > > North Dakota is one of the few well doing states in the > US, > economically. You know why? Because it has a state bank > that acts like > a central bank: > > http://www.banknd.nd.gov/ > > And here is a related article: > > http://motherjones.com/mojo/2009/03/how-nation’s-only-state-owned-bank-became-envy-wall-street > > And another one: > > http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/19/news/economy/Jobs_in_North_Dakota/index.htm > > Sabri > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
