jobs and employment	261
economics	201
state and local government	188
education	186
indiana	171
economic development	171
budget and spending	145
taxes	144
law and public policy	142
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CBER Weekly Commentaries - 2009

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January 12, 2009	Speed is Critical to Stimulus PlanFor a stimulus package to have an effect, it has to create jobs immediately.
January 19, 2009	New Leadership Brings Hope and ChallengeThe makings of greatness will be in how our new President deals with unexpected crises.
January 26, 2009	Prices are StickySticky prices are central to our understanding of what causes recessions.
February 2, 2009	Proposed Fiscal Stimulus Package has CostsThe package stimulates the economy by spending today what might otherwise be spent in the future.
February 9, 2009	Unemployment Duration Lengthens and Job Losses ContinueThe next couple months will still be rocky, but not significantly worse than the three months we’ve just passed.
February 16, 2009	Stimulus Too Big to Spend this YearState and Federal governments simply cannot spend that much money this year.
February 23, 2009	CAFÉ Standards Not as Effective as Gas TaxTaxes are unpopular and require an understanding of how markets work.
March 2, 2009	Markets, not Bailouts, offer Incentives to Refinance LoansIf banks aren’t responding to the strongest refinancing incentives in history, no government plan will speed things along.
March 9, 2009	Balanced Equation Needed for Economic RecoveryIf the velocity of money shrinks further, it is likely the recession will deepen.
March 16, 2009	Providing Amenities is Economic DevelopmentIn the short run, workers follow jobs, but in the long run, jobs follow workers.
March 23, 2009	Big Bonuses Spur Calls for OversightThis is simply poor moral leadership from the board of directors on down.
March 30, 2009	Incentive Paybacks Keep Players HonestHouse Bill 1338 provision requires businesses that receive tax incentives but have not met their stated jobs or investment goals to repay all or part of these incentives.
April 6, 2009	Youth Program May Grow a Shared Sense of Unity and PurposeThose of us with relatives who lived through the Depression recall their stories of shared sacrifice and later triumph – today just feels different.
April 13, 2009	Paying Taxes Better than Licensing PiratesToday, just over half of all American households pay income taxes.
April 20, 2009	Cap and Trade a Double Edged SwordCap and Trade can lead to a much cleaner, more prosperous future or devastate our economy
April 27, 2009	'Buy Local' Offers No Protection for Bad BusinessesIn the long run, only good businesses survive, whether or not 'buy local' is the mantra.
May 11, 2009	EPA Policies Cannot Force Economic ChoicesWhatever environmental policies we want to enact will have to face the harsh reality of the laws of economics.
May 18, 2009	Tourism Spending - a Tough QuestionIf Indiana is to be marketed as a region, then government will be the one to do it.
May 25, 2009	The Timeless Value of Public ServicePublic service in a republic is the physical expression of that simple but most powerful idea of the enlightenment. We each have value.
June 1, 2009	Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan has Unintended ConsequencesTo get this agreement in place, the administration busily demonized 'investors'.
June 8, 2009	GM Pushed to BankruptcyThe complicity of management with the UAW is what is meant when speaking of a failed corporate culture.
June 15, 2009	Local Budget Woes Point to Troubled SystemLike many communities in Indiana, Muncie has some hard choices.
June 22, 2009	Recession - When Will it End?Recessions end, with or without government intervention.
June 29, 2009	What is Driving Current Unemployment?Structural unemployment comes about when the skills of a worker become redundant.
July 6, 2009	The Gift of John FisherJohn Fisher stayed in Indiana to make a difference.
July 13, 2009	LOIT Maintains Status QuoMuncie's status quo is high tax, poor services.
July 20, 2009	Stimulus Plan must Work Now - or NeverIt is going to take federal, state and local governments a full two or more years to spend this amount of money.
July 27, 2009	California LearningWhat has happened in California can also happen here.
August 3, 2009	Implications of Structural UnemploymentWe are under robust international competitive pressure for continual improvements by both workers and industry.
August 10, 2009	State Fair is Fun Stimulus PlanThe spending at the Fair last year led to more than $63 million in total economic activity.
August 17, 2009	The Tricky Health Care DebateWe will spend more, not less, on health care as we become richer - and live to be older.
August 24, 2009	Classes Begin and Students Rethink OptionsIn the world today, deep learning matters a great deal.
August 31, 2009	Irony of Cash for Clunkers PopularityGiven the weariness of the American taxpayer to recent spending, the $4 billion price tag looked like chump change.
September 14, 2009	Post-Recession Policies Matter More than TheoryThe types of fiscal stimulus Congress passed earlier this year fell from favor not because of economic theory, but rather because they rarely work well.
September 21, 2009	Chinese Tariffs Missteps toward Trade WarsIs the President willing to spawn a trade war and dampen foreign investment?
September 28, 2009	Stimulus Not Offsetting Job LossesThe concern is not how many jobs have been created, but how few.
October 5, 2009	Economic Policy from a Third GraderCommunities that enjoy good public services and low taxes will grow.
October 12, 2009	Labor Market Declines PersistIt is unsurprising that many of these new jobs are lower paying than previous jobs.
October 19, 2009	Flu Season Prelude to Healthcare ReformThe system cannot work - precisely because it is government, not doctors and patients, that makes the choices.
October 26, 2009	Non-market Valuation Identifies Important RelationshipsThe implications go beyond litigation to planning of public infrastructure.
November 2, 2009	The Great De-LeveragingOver the past 18 months household debt has plummeted by roughly $200 billion.
November 9, 2009	Families of Veterans Also ServedThe challenge faced by families does not end with discharge or retirement from military service.
November 16, 2009	Current Expertise Basis for Proposed Teacher LicensingAt the high school level, U.S. student performance has plunged to the bottom of the developed world.
November 23, 2009	Nutritional Poverty in Land of PlentyIn the United States today, expenditures on food account for less than 10 percent of income.
November 30, 2009	CDC Breast Cancer Recommendation not SupportedOur findings suggest that delaying mammograms cost lives.
December 7, 2009	Global Warming Scandal UnfoldingSimple aversion to risk would argue for significant research into the effects of global warming.
December 15, 2009	Forecast Grim for 2009The steepest job losses and declines in earnings are happening right now and will continue through the first three months of 2009.
December 21, 2009	Elf Productivity Leads Advances in North Pole EconomySt. Nicholas has developed an amazing forecast record - he knows who is naughty and nice.
December 21, 2009	Recession Helps Close the Skills GapIn reality many, many more have lost jobs, sometimes several jobs over the course of the recession.
December 28, 2009	Reducing Deficit Imperative for National ProsperityThe average American family is, healthier, wealthier and hopefully wiser now than when the decade started.
December 29, 2009	Bailout is the Prelude to BankruptcyGM and Chrysler must get rid of job banks, ease a greater share of health care and pension costs to workers and build flexibility into their labor contracts.

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