The Age of Turbulence

By Dean Whittaker Alan Greenspan’s book, The Age of Turbulence, has a prophetic title for current economic times.  The book provides an interesting history of monetary policy in the United States, as well as a look into the future.  In it he describes the Federal...

Time Travel

By Dean Whittaker Have you ever wondered what time travel would be like? Well, maybe you already know. According to Eckart Tolle, in his book, The Power of Now, we all experience time travel on a regular basis. Most of us spend much of our life worrying about the...

Courage, Faith, and Confidence

By Dean Whittaker Are we headed for an economic recession or merely a slowdown of our current rate of growth?  According to George Erickcek, an economist with the Upjohn Institute, it will likely be a slowdown.  George pointed out that our economic strength lies in...

The Innovation Economy

By Dean Whittaker Daniel Pink, in his book A Whole New Mind, states that we have entered the “Conception Age” in which ideas become the currency of the realm. Innovation has become an economic driver in this new economic age. Intellectual property is a bi-product of...