Feeling Gratitude

By Dean Whittaker As summer draws to an end, and the cycle of life moves to fall, I have been reflecting on what I have learned during this summer time. Perhaps the largest reminder has been to feel rather than think. I have felt the joy of learning coming from the...

Why Economic Developers Deserve a Nobel

By Dr. Maury Forman and Jim Mooney, CED, CEDFP Most economic developers are proponents, either directly or indirectly, of Keynesian economics. Keynesians hold that incentives or inducements by the public sector will result in economic stimulation of the private...

Good News Network

By Jami Gibson Everywhere we turn, it’s impossible to get away from negative news. Radio, newspapers, T.V., and the Internet bombard us with headlines about the failing economy, war, high profile lawsuits, crime, and the list goes on and on. While we know that...

Where Do Jobs Come From?

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...