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Manufacturing was also allowed to lapse, with locally made goods — whether shoes or pharmaceuticals — all but disappearing.
But its economy also seems to be suffering from what we economists call excess capacity — an overinvestment in capital goods, whether in factories, retail stores or infrastructure.
"They're going to go to higher-end goods whether they revalue or not," said Peter Morici, a business professor at the University of Maryland.
In the meantime, consumers have shown little resistance to spending money on virtual goods, whether for cattle to play FarmVille on Facebook or for Smurfberries for the iPhone app called Smurf's Village.
In most American stores today, customers pay the same price for goods, whether they use credit, debit or dollar bills, even though each costs the merchant a different amount.
It's not the sourdough bread (an overrated local aberration, one of the gold miners' true legacies), but the good dairy products (Sonoma still produces them) and the love and respect for tender baked goods, whether sweet, savory or in combination.
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And it looks good whether you're wearing it with jeans or tweed trousers".
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