Bart Elmore on Southern Companies Remaking our Economy and the Planet

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif;"> An iced cold Coca-Cola. A cross-country flight on Delta to visit friends. A much-needed medication overnighted via Fed-Ex. Bulk toilet paper purchased at Wal-Mart. What do these items have in common? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In today’s modern economy, each of these can be purchased from the comfort of the couch, frequently with a credit card pioneered by Bank of America. They are all also from companies headquartered in the American South.</span> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif;"> In this month's episode, historian Bart Elmore explains how corporations from the American South helped make it possible for us to satisfy our desires from the convenience of our home and/or hometown, no matter how remote, and the environmental costs associated with each.</span></p>