6 The wealth of a river.

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Economists at Arizona State University have completed a comprehensive study of the total value of the endangered Colorado River to the economies of the seven states that depend on it. Commissioned by a business coalition called Protect the Flows, researchers examined gross state product, employment and labor income in each state and calculated that, in one year, more than $1.4 trillion in economic activity, $871 billion in wages...