- What are the top institutional contributors to the local economy?

- What percentage of the greater Houston economy stems from the energy sector? How much oil and gas? How much renewables?

- What is the value of the University of Houston to the local economy?

- What lobbying strategies are used by the Port of Houston?

- Is organized criminal behavior more likely to develop at the local level than either the state or national level?

- What activities in Congress are related to the establishment and maintenance of supply chains?

- What is a supply chain? Describe one in depth.

- Who had access to capital during the American colonial period?

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