jobs and employment	261
economics	201
state and local government	188
education	186
economic development	171
indiana	171
budget and spending	145
taxes	144
law and public policy	142
workforce and human capital	139

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January 3, 2016	Regional Cities and Stellar Communities Are Revolutionary PoliciesStellar Communities and the Regional Cities Initiative are leading Indiana’s economic development efforts into the 21st century.
January 10, 2016	Demand, Not Supply, Is the Drug Problem“Prescription only” restrictions are a bandage for a bigger issue.
January 17, 2016	Some Cures for Indiana’s Troubled Local Government FinanceTo fund schools, parks, and roads, we must tackle three things.
January 24, 2016	The End of a Bubble, Version 2016Actions in Iran and China are affecting markets worldwide.
January 31, 2016	Facing Up to the ‘Cost Disease’Modern productivity advances have their limits in the education sphere.
February 7, 2016	Practical Men, Economic Development and Long-Dead EconomistsThe import-export economic base model is an outdated concept.
February 14, 2016	Economic Development Policies Point to Bigger Statewide ProblemsTheir problem isn’t that they have too few jobs, but rather that the folks who hold those jobs don’t want to live in those counties.
February 21, 2016	Some Surprising Lessons from CarrierIt would be wiser to invest in making people more productive.
February 28, 2016	Zero Lower Bound and a World in RecessionThe prospect of zero or negative interest rates highlight a serious issue in today’s economy.
March 6, 2016	The Irony of Dark Boxes and TIFBig box stores kill other big box stores.
March 13, 2016	Manufacturing Production, Manufacturing Jobs and Snake-OilAmerican manufacturing production has been booming, while manufacturing employment has been in decline.
March 20, 2016	Mysteries of Economic PopulismDiscerning actual policy recommendations from Mr. Sanders and Mr. Trump is not a trivial task.
March 27, 2016	Technology Both Complements and Substitutes for LaborTechnology has replaced workers in routine, yet costly, occupations.
April 3, 2016	Population Numbers Offer Warning to Indiana We should shift our focus from rural to urban communities.
April 10, 2016	Worker Problems Fueled by Tax Incentives for CapitalThe differences in how we treat workers and investors has upset our labor market.
April 17, 2016	Free Tuition a Gift to Rich FamiliesMost students already receive some sort of tuition discount.
April 24, 2016	Labor Markets Outcomes Value EducationThere are lots of jobs available for workers, but only if they have college degrees.
May 1, 2016	The Future of Ivy TechA nearby state sets an excellent example of an efficient community college model.
May 8, 2016	The Great Hoosier Jobs Lie of 2016Productivity has lead to a growing manufacturing industry, but fewer, better-educated workers.
May 15, 2016	Economic Development Conference is a ‘Must Attend’ EventSchool improvement is the first step in modern economic development policies.
May 22, 2016	We Must Take Federal Tax Dollars, then Elect a Better PresidentFederal funding typically amounts to about 10 percent of the budget.
May 29, 2016	unKoch My Campus Is Soros-Funded HypocrisyThe contracts and grants we receive fund research on nonpartisan issues.
June 5, 2016	More Free Speech ShenanigansAs citizens, we must necessarily make judgments about research in which we aren’t experts.
June 12, 2016	A Bad Jobs Report and the Limits of Economic PolicyPredicting a downturn is not the same thing as preventing one.
June 19, 2016	Technology Kills Jobs, not WorkNew and existing jobs will be different from those that are killed by technology.
June 26, 2016	Income Inequality and EducationThe link between education and earnings is very strong.
July 3, 2016	Economic Development Problems are at Local, not State LevelThe unhappy result is local economic developers chasing a shrinking number of “footloose” or attractable jobs.
July 10, 2016	Indiana’s Economy: Better than expected, worse than it should beIndiana outperforms the nation in most every metric except education.
July 17, 2016	The Lessons of Pokémon GoThe game’s value lies in the economic, social, and health impacts.
July 24, 2016	Human Capital, Monopolies, Unions and the Vanishing Middle ClassWas the robust middle class simply a post-war boom?
July 31, 2016	Labor Markets and InequalityFixing labor market inequality is no easy task.
August 7, 2016	Labor Force Participation and ConspiraciesThe labor force does not include those who are not actively searching for or working in a job.
August 14, 2016	Entrepreneurship Proposal Will Strengthen INPRS and IndianaThe proposal would do three big things in the long term.
August 21, 2016	The Importers Benefit from TradeUnbalanced trade activity points to an unbalance in efficiency.
August 28, 2016	More Bad Economic Development DealsIndiana communities are subsidizing new jobs at the expense of existing taxpayers
September 4, 2016	Occupational Shifts Favor EducationJob openings are shifting in favor of workers with education beyond high school.
September 11, 2016	Cut the Tax Cut Debate, Spend the Money WiselyLet’s focus on workers, not businesses.
September 18, 2016	The Wells Fargo Fiasco Is a Call to ActionThis is a criminal offense and should be treated as such.
September 25, 2016	A Tale of TIF, Consultants and CleatsThe costs of TIF outweigh the benefits.
October 2, 2016	Economic Changes Mean Primacy of Place MattersMaking cities good for workers is good for business.
October 9, 2016	Slow Growth Our Biggest ProblemA 2-percent difference in economic growth means a 63-year lag in stardard of living.
October 16, 2016	The Effect of a Trade WarA decrease in trade leads to economic events like recession and depression.
October 23, 2016	How Economists Think About GrowthIt all boils down to technology, productivity total & quality and labor total & quality.
October 30, 2016	Don’t Miss the ‘Unseen’ EconomyMaybe the best example of the unseen economy is local economic development.
November 6, 2016	Macroeconomics in Crisis?Government spending and monetary policy have focused on the wrong things.
November 13, 2016	Three Quick Lessons About the ElectionElections matter, and future elections matter.
November 20, 2016	What Will a Trump Presidency Bring to Our Economy?It seems probable that big changes can noticeably affect economic growth.
November 27, 2016	The Origins of American Free TradeThe US created the first free trade zone.
December 4, 2016	Carrier News About Much More Than TradeCarrier sent a message by timing its jobs announcement during last spring’s heated presidential primaries.
December 11, 2016	The Problems of Slow Economic GrowthSlow economic growth leads to a delayed standard of living increase.
December 18, 2016	The Future of Manufacturing Production and JobsManufacturing production is well; manufacturing employment is not.
December 25, 2016	Holiday Season a Good Time to Think About Personal ChoiceWe make choices about leisure, labor, making a living, and building a life.

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