![REUTERS/Smiley N. Pool - A sheen of oil is seen around a pump jack surrounded by flood waters in High Island, Texas after the passing of Hurricane Ike, September 14, 2008.](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/texas_oil003.jpg?quality=75&w=1000)
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Metropolitan Lens: The Texas economy in an age of cheap oil
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