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Commentaries tagged with population

November 13, 2022	The Timing of Economic PolicyCentral planning of economic activity likely will result in wasteful, ineffective policies.
July 31, 2022	Trying to Measure the Effect of Abortion Bans on Our EconomyThe effect we see right now is vastly different from what we’ll see in a few years.
July 24, 2022	Why Are Rich Places Growing and Poor Places in Decline?To participate in a new economy, a community’s workforce must possess the ability to absorb new skills that may be vastly different from what they currently know.
July 3, 2022	The 246th Anniversary of ‘The Great Experiment’Our nation may be at its most divided, but I have great hope.
April 3, 2022	The U.S. Job Creation MachineNo U.S. state, and very few cities, have more ‘global’ jobs than they did in the spring of 1992.
January 16, 2022	Americans Are Quietly Realizing Dr. King’s VisionMLK’s words are part of the canon of American political writing, and belong to a long tradition of Enlightenment thought.
October 10, 2021	COVID and the Risks of Medical Care Delays As we think about the longer-term effects of COVID, we must consider how many people have deferred medical care because of the disease.
June 13, 2021	Some Early Census Results for IndianaPeople are the driving force of economic growth.
April 25, 2021	Polarization of Jobs and PlacesUnfortunately, short-term spending policies aren't likely have much long-term effect on the decline of middle-wage jobs.
April 18, 2021	The Post-COVID World Favors High Quality-of-Place CommunitiesBetween 23 million and 35 million households will find themselves newly unencumbered by the need to live within an easy daily commute to work.
March 7, 2021	Our Biggest Economic Challenge Is School Funding Better educational attainment both causes and is caused by a better economy.
February 21, 2021	Questions from an Economic ForecastThe economic recovery is in the hands of vaccine distributors, not economic policymakers.
December 27, 2020	Some Thoughts on the Coal EconomyMany of the cities and towns born in the Industrial Revolution have lost their original economic reason for being.
October 25, 2020	Indiana’s Hidden Fiscal DeficitSince 2009, Indiana slipped in every key measure of long-term growth.
August 30, 2020	Gresham’s Law and Subsidized ApartmentsTax dollars that should’ve gone to schools, public safety and other purposes will now supporting new ‘executive housing.’
January 12, 2020	Fixing Regional InequalityMarket forces dictate much of the advantages and disadvantages of each place.
January 5, 2020	Growing Regional Inequality Is the Challenge of Our AgeAn educated workforce began to replace physical capital as a factor explaining economic growth.
May 19, 2019	Our New Immigration StudyNew immigrants in Indiana should be especially welcomed.
April 7, 2019	Diverging Regional EconomiesThe places that are most eager to attract new factories are far less likely to get them.
December 30, 2018	Understanding Job Numbers in 2018An announcement of new jobs reflects only one small part of the total job creation and destruction that occurs in an economy.
December 23, 2018	Thinking About Economic Growth Like an EconomistEconomists and businesses think about community growth in very different ways.
November 24, 2018	Thanksgiving for Economic Growth and Human FlourishingAcross the developed world, poverty is no longer the result of economic conditions.
June 24, 2018	Temporal Inequality Is Much Larger Than Income Inequality TodayFrom antiquity to about 1650, the average person existed at the margin of subsistence.
May 20, 2018	School Referenda and Local GovernmentRecent examples reinforce the simple notions of local governance.
May 13, 2018	Midwest Growth Was Always About PeopleFactories came to Indiana because it possessed one truly great asset—people.
April 1, 2018	Think More Deeply About Community Strengths and WeaknessesSome forces pull people to cities, while others move them out.
March 11, 2018	Rustbelt Cities Must Focus on Middle Class NeighborhoodsSchool quality is always the most pressing issue for middle class neighborhoods, but other amenities matter. The cost of improving amenities in communities that are likely to survive for several decades is very small.

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