Texas

By Taylor Williams Tax cuts for the rich. The K-shaped economy. The dawn of the second Gilded Age.   Regardless of your preferred cliché, if you buy into one or more of those views on the current state of the U.S. economy, then you likely have broader concerns about the natural byproducts of unchecked capitalism. But no matter the degree of government oversight and regulation, capitalism at its core is driven by competition, and sometimes that competition can be taken too far. But those in the business of economic development in North Texas see no real need to take competitive capitalism to extremes, at least at this point in the cycle. The region’s natural magnetism for attracting new commerce, as well as its established patterns of job and population growth, are somewhat self-sustaining at this point, and there’s plenty of business to go around.  “There’s always competition, but we also all talk to each other and share ideas about what’s working from a regional standpoint, and because of what we have in DFW in terms of sheer population and diversity of workforce, there are plenty of opportunities,” says Michael Talley, the City of Plano’s director of economic development. “Competition is …