by Brittany Ryzenga | May 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker What would it take to create a community within which companies would pay a premium to locate rather than seeking incentives to do so? In other words, what would these places need to have and be to compel companies to compete for the privilege to be... by Brittany Ryzenga | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker While preparing to teach at the Economic Development Institute next week, I came across three very interesting TED and TEDx talks. The first TED talk I want to recommend is by an MIT economist, Andrew McAfee. He succinctly describes our current... by Brittany Ryzenga | Sep 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker With globalization has come the ability to source work anywhere in the world. The economic thought was that as the world economy grew, the demand for our goods and services would grow too, and we would all prosper. As we now know, things haven’t... by Brittany Ryzenga | Aug 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker While driving from Michigan to Connecticut this month, I noticed that the federal economic data that I had been hearing about in the media did not jive with what I was observing during my travels. What I saw was factory after factory with full... by Brittany Ryzenga | Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker In Mark Lautman’s new book, “When Boomers Bail: A Community Economic Survival Guide,” he focuses our attention on a looming issue of a “zero-sum labor market” for qualified workers and how it will impact all of us, especially those engaged in...