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Thursday, October 2, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Prof says Kansas industry needs help
By BILL RAYNOLDS
Staff writer
Kansas industries must be more innovative and technologically competitive to recover from the economic drums that have plagued the state recently, a KU professor said yesterday.
"For the past 10 years, Kansas has been underperforming in the U.S. economy," said Charles Krider, professor of business.
Kansas has not been growing as rapidly as the rest of the United States in terms of employment, new business and personal income, he said.
"The U.S. is experiencing about 3.5 percent growth annually, while Kansas is experiencing about 2 percent annual growth," he said.
Krider spoke at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., as part of the University Forum series sponsored by ECM.
He is the director of business research at the KU Institute of Public Policy and Business Research. Krider and Anthony Redwood, professor of business, co-wrote the 1986 Interim Kansas Economic Development Study.
To turn this trend around, the Krider-Redwood report advocates that the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp. unite Kansas universities with the business community. This partnership would finance research and development in the state's existing industries and develop new business in Kansas.
"I'm convinced that if general state revenues do not increase, allocations for the University of Kansas won't be as numerous as we think would be appropriate," he said.
Krider said the Kansas economy was in a downturn because of its reliance on the ailing agriculture, oil and gas, and aviation industries.
In agriculture, Krider said, the problem is long-term and structural, and it is unlikely to be reversed.
"There's a chronic oversupply in wheat markets, and no one has figured out how to resolve that problem," he said. "We have a lot of new competitors on the world market that
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Only about 5 percent of Kansans are employed in agriculture, compared to about 15 percent in 1960. Krider said.
are taking away market share and are keeping prices depressed."
Employment in the Kansas oil and gas industry has declined since 1981. Krider said. He said the decline was because of the worldwide oil glut that had driven down petroleum prices
'Each of these three industries is in difficulty, and we don't anticipate
a turnaround," he said. "Current trends are likely to continue. There's nothing out there that's going to happen to change these industries for the better of Kansas."
In addition, Krider said, the Kansas population is declining because not enough new jobs are being created to replace those lost in the agriculture, aviation, or oil and gas industries.
Krider said that the lack of jobs in Kansas drove college graduates out of the state and that this migration caused a brain drain.
Despite these problems, Krider said. Kansas has some strengths, such as a high-quality educational system, a productive labor force and a good highway system.
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