The Christmas Seminar Is this Saturday
5:30 p.m. this Saturday Dec. 8 at Zianos on Dupont in Fort Wayne BRING A FRIEND: Seats are limited. At the podium will be Andrea Neal, Erin Tuttle and Marlin Stutzman speaking on “A Government Upside Down.” Expansive Q&A. Register HERE.
Winter 2019
TO ACCESS YOUR ADVANCE COPY of the winter journal, please make sure your membership is up to date here. An individual membership is $50 and a corporate membership is $120. Thank you! The Eco-Devo Promises: Let’s Unwrap Them Unelected redevelopment commissions should not have the power to take money from other parts of government for a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Read the full article…
Van Cott: My Prozac Economics Lecture
by Norman Van Cott, Ph.D. When teaching principles of economics to university freshmen and sophomores, I always give what I call my “Prozac lecture.” I warn them it is coming so they can bring their coping powers to class, prescriptions and otherwise. You’re probably thinking the lecture has something to do with economics being known as Read the full article…
Cummins: ‘Economic Development’ Has Lost its Meaning
by Ryan Cummins The truth is there is no accepted definition in Indiana now of what constitutes “economic development.” And that is part of the problem. For when something like economic development can mean anything, which it often does, then it can just as easily become meaningless, which it often is. Economic development should mean Read the full article…
Morris: Well, Virginia, It’s Like This . . .
by Leo Morris This is actually a Christmas column. But it will take a while to get there, so please bear with me. My first job at my first newspaper was wire editor for the Wabash Plain Dealer. That meant that, in addition to being a reporter charged with gathering information and writing local stories, Read the full article…
Van Cott: Genesis and Grain Speculation
by T. Norman Van Cott, Ph.D. The Bible’s account of Joseph in Genesis (Chapters 37, 39- 49) presents a story rich in lessons. One is an economics lesson. To wit: Speculation in markets can play a positive role in promoting overall economic well-being. This is an important lesson because speculators are typically classified as societal Read the full article…
