/tags/tom-hudson Tom Hudson en-US WLRN Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:46:38 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-12-23/the-reality-of-retail This program originally aired on Aug. 26, 2013. If you've wandered the hallways of the Dadeland or Aventura Malls or walked down Lincoln Road in Miami… Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:46:38 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-12-23/the-reality-of-retail Tom Hudson /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-12-16/encore-the-sunshine-economy-on-agriculture Squeezed between South Florida's neighborhoods and the Everglades is a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry. Tomatoes, beans and avocados all sprout from… Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:20:20 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-12-16/encore-the-sunshine-economy-on-agriculture Tom Hudson /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-11-14/underwater-real-estate The dream of South Florida real estate is beachside. The marquee properties along our beaches attract global attention and eye-popping prices. But as… Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:54:19 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-11-14/underwater-real-estate Tom Hudson /radio/2013-11-04/joannas-team-holds-their-own-against-grocery-goliaths Late August 1992 was going to be a memorable time for Joanna Lederman, her husband Alan and sons John and Michael. They had spent the spring and summer… Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:30:00 GMT /radio/2013-11-04/joannas-team-holds-their-own-against-grocery-goliaths Tom Hudson /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-31/a-lot-of-dreams-behind-new-urban-garden-in-dania-beach In the movie Field of Dreams, an Iowan farmer builds a baseball diamond in a cornfield and the ghosts of the disgraced 1919 Chicago White Sox materialize… Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:01:55 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-31/a-lot-of-dreams-behind-new-urban-garden-in-dania-beach Tom Hudson /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-28/the-sunshine-economy-the-grocery-business Would you pay $12 for this jar of pluot jelly?It's a combination of apricots and plums. Plenty of people are shelling out the $12 for the 10-ounce jar at… Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:50:59 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-28/the-sunshine-economy-the-grocery-business Tom Hudson /radio/2013-10-24/whos-betting-on-floridas-gambling-future Legal gambling has brought in millions of dollars to the state of Florida. But it's money that could be at risk if the state does not strike a new casino… Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:30:00 GMT /radio/2013-10-24/whos-betting-on-floridas-gambling-future Tom Hudson /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-23/how-brazilians-have-helped-save-south-florida-real-estate The years 2009 and 2010 were dark days for Miami real estate. Home prices plummeted. Mortgages imploded. Foreclosures soared.And buyers flooded in from… Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:30:00 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-23/how-brazilians-have-helped-save-south-florida-real-estate Tom Hudson /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-18/the-sunshine-economy-brazil-south-florida This week was supposed to bring together the leaders of the largest and sixth-largest economies in the world. Brazil President Dilma Rousseff had been… Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:10:40 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-18/the-sunshine-economy-brazil-south-florida Tom Hudson /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-17/public-debt-on-tse-counting-up-the-dollars-and-sense The debate in Congress over raising the debt ceiling was focused on the $16.7 trillion borrowing limit. That's a huge number that has been increasing… Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:30:00 GMT /show/the-sunshine-economy/2013-10-17/public-debt-on-tse-counting-up-the-dollars-and-sense