ONE-TRICK towns whose industries have collapsed run like a sore through the USA.
Those once-prosperous nooks and crannies scattered across the American plains, which built and then bought the products of the post-war consumer boom, are a well-viewed barometer of decline.
In Chloe Zhao’s extraordinary, triple-Oscar-winning film, the landscape of a crumbling Any Town USA immediately asks a question of the lead (Frances McDormand).
Without human attachment to anchor someone, what is to keep you from being on the move, finding peace in a vast land?
She believes without that attachment, coupled with the loss of community bonds based on work, a town feels empty.
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Something very exciting and special is happening in the world of capital fund raising for emerging market and startup companies. Recently, new SEC rules will allow “Crowdfunding” sites to increase the maximum amount of capital that can be raised by companies from the general public.
Crowdfunding is a confusing term for some. To be more precise, Crowdfunding would be more accurately referred to as “Crowd-Investing”. When speaking of “Crowdfunding”, some people mistake it for the activity of sites like GoFundMe or Kickstarter, and thus think it means donating money to a cause and perhaps for a token reward. In reality, Crowdfunding sites like Wefunder and StartEngine open the doors for regular folk to invest in the emerging market and startup community that used to be the exclusive domain of venture capital firms and institutional investors.