I was asked to say a few words about Oregon’s economy at the PEMCO management forum that I addressed on President’s Day. In preparation, I worked up a few Oregon charts comparable to those I use for Washington’s economy. The contrasts are dramatic. The Great Recession and its aftermath cost [continue reading . . . ]
Amazon.com and Boeing dominated the business headlines in the Seattle area in 2012. Looks like we are in for more of the same in 2013. Eric Pryne of the Seattle Times, the go-to guy for news about Amazon’s gargantuan appetite for office space in the Seattle area, reported last week [continue reading . . . ]
Do Malthusian nightmares about the population explosion keep you up nights? Relax. Chill. We Americans (numbering 315 million) are having too few babies. Middle-class fertility has fallen to about 1.6, far below the replacement rate of 2.1. That means fewer workers to support your Social Security benefits. And the problem [continue reading . . . ]