The Austrian school of economics is an approach to the subject with some distinctive
characteristics that help business leaders find profit opportunities. Like much of economics, professors tend to be focused either on pure theory or else on public policy
I testified before the Oregon legislature regarding uncertainty about the economy and state revenue forecast.
The entire session, including two great fellow economists, Tim Duy and Andrew Dyke, can be seen here.
Or watch just me below:
What will cause the next recession? In 2014 I wrote The Next Recession: Cause and Timing and said, “The Federal Reserve’s unwinding of its stimulus is the most likely cause of the next recession. For a while Europe was the
Is there a small competitor about to clean your business’s clock? Will your sales be Amazoned, iPhoned or Ubered? Is there a Leicester in your league?
The Leicester City Football Club just won the Barclay’s English Premier League, the world’s
We're still months away from the election, but my favorite political forecaster, Larry Sabato, has drilled down to important realities in The Electoral College: The Only Thing That Matters. He notes that it's too early to call the contest, but
Steve Levitt, author of Freakonomics, gave a presentation on big data in corporations. It should be watched by all CEOs and wanna-be CEOs. It's discouraging in that it shows many companies' unwillingness to use the data they have, but it's
Most of my work is going onto my Forbes.com blog. Here are my recent posts that have gotten a lot of attention:
What's Next For The Stock Market After A Big Drop?
Manufacturing Has Come Back And More Gains To
We've heard it (and I've said it) thousands of times: correlation does not mean causation.
Yet we still make the mistake (and I do mean "we").
Tyler Vigen has developed a correlation machine. He has scraped lots and lots of
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just announced an increase in the number of job openings. Coming on the heels of last week's announcement that total employment had regained the level held before the recession, this is good news.
Employers,
My recent presentation for clients of Northwest Investment Counselors is available in (edited) video on their website: http://www.nwic.net/ under News & Events.
Permalinks: Part 1 and Part 2.