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Economic Analysis
HICKS: Scandal may put chill on global-warming research
December 5, 2009
Mike HicksA long series of leaked or hacked e-mails strongly indicate that several prominent climate scientists have hidden data, conspired
to hide unfavorable findings, and doctored scientific evidence.
MoreHICKS: New breast cancer recommendation not supported
November 28, 2009
Mike HicksUnder the current proposal, the same type of groups that made the CDC's recommendations will outline guidelines about which
treatment will be offered under a government program.
MoreHICKS: Nutritional poverty plagues land of plenty
November 21, 2009
Mike HicksIt is not sufficient merely to provide sustenance; we need to teach folks how and what to eat.
MoreHICKS: Content expertise best basis for teacher licensing
November 14, 2009
Mike HicksAt a time when we are desperate for science and math teachers, and when several big firms are laying off scientists, we should
be jumping at the chance to get them into the classroom.
MoreHICKS: Families of veterans also serve their country
November 7, 2009
Mike HicksI have to note that Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. It is rightfully a time we thank those among us who have served.
MoreHICKS: Recession results in 'great deleveraging'
October 31, 2009
Mike HicksOn virtually every meaningful measure, this recession stacks up as only the third or fourth worst post-World War II recession,
but its effects are much more profound in a few areas. One area that will be most apparent is the changes the economy has
wrought on consumer credit.
MoreHICKS: Non-market valuation is an important planning tool
October 24, 2009
Mike HicksOne of the more intriguing things economists are called upon to do is what is known as non-market valuation. This is a process
for estimating a â??priceâ?? of something that isnâ??t typically bought or sold.
MoreHICKS: Flu season offers prelude to health care reform
October 17, 2009
Mike HicksThis flu season looks to provide us an inkling of the real dangers inherent in large-scale health care reform, most especially
a full-blown national health care option.
MoreHICKS: Labor market woes persist as recession wanes
October 10, 2009
Mike HicksSo, the problem isn't necessarily a big spike in job losses, but in much lower job-creation numbers.
MoreHICKS: What a third-grader gets about economic policy
October 3, 2009
Mike HicksBusiness and people now, and in the future, will choose to locate
in places that have the right mix of taxes and public services.
MoreHICKS: Post-recession policies matter more than theory
September 12, 2009
Mike HicksThere's a wonderful fight brewing between some of the world's best-known economists.
MoreHICKS: Card check folly and the demise of unions
September 5, 2009
Mike HicksThis Labor Day sees the American labor movement in serious decline. In fact, U.S. private-sector union membership
has been in serious decline for three decades.
MoreHICKS: Clunkers popularity went beyond consumers
August 29, 2009
Mike HicksThe Cash for
Clunkers program has seriously challenged my high-mindedness. It is time for a bit of soul searching.
MoreHICKS: As classes begin, students have fresh opportunity
August 24, 2009
Mike HicksClasses start this week at Ball State University, and other colleges and universities across the country. For many, it is
a bittersweet moment, as parents say goodbye to their now young adults, handing them over to professors and scarily youthful
resident hall assistants for safekeeping.
MoreHICKS: Health care experts make poor economists
August 17, 2009
Mike HicksIn almost every place that two or more Americans gather, health care is debated. Because the bills before Congress are
inaccessible, the debate has shifted instead to principles such as the role of government and individual freedoms. I think
this a healthy thing.
MoreHICKS: Indiana State Fair offers fun kind of economic stimulus
August 10, 2009
Mike HicksThe Indiana State Fair is a great treat, but there’s a lot more to it than the food and fun. In
2008, more than 859,000 folks visited the fair. According to our estimates, spending at the fair last year led to more than
$63 million in total economic activity.
MoreHICKS: Structural unemployment not always a burden
August 3, 2009
Mike HicksA few weeks ago, a couple of my economist colleagues took issue with the phrasing in one of my columns. In a rare turn
of events, they are right, and I was wrong.
MoreHICKS: What happened in California could happen here
July 27, 2009
Mike HicksCalifornia can no longer sustain its government. This is the lesson for Indiana.
MoreECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Stimulus plan must work now ... or it never will
July 20, 2009
Mike HicksThe postmortem and dissection of the federal economic stimulus plan have begun in earnest. The president
has added to his woes by saying the stimulus will take years, not months, to work, and his chief economist
managed to squeak out the headline or two that the worst is ahead of us.
MoreHICKS: Muncie's status quo is high taxes, poor service
July 13, 2009
Mike HicksProperty-tax caps, as well as a dwindling population and commercial base, have left Muncie in the uncomfortable
situation of cutting budgets. Since the bulk of costs are related to fire and police salaries, few options
are available. The city has turned to the short length of rope the Legislature offered amid the debate
on property tax caps—the Local Option Income Tax.
MoreHICKS: The gift of John Fisher went beyond business
July 6, 2009
Mike HicksIt would be artless this week to write an article on economics and business in Indiana without remarking upon the passing
of John Fisher. Much has been written about his legacy over this past week, so I will make do with an anecdote and a lesson
I have learned from him.
MoreHICKS: Certain unemployment causes worse than others
June 29, 2009
Mike HicksUnemployment often is a necessary and natural part of a healthy economy. But job losses that come when workers or even entire
industries become redundant are especially painful.
MoreHICKS: Recessions end, with or without government help
June 22, 2009
Mike HicksThe worst is likely behind us, but difficult times lie ahead, especially for the unemployed.
MoreHICKS: Muncie's budget woes point to a troubled system
June 15, 2009
Mike HicksYhe budget concerns that Muncie and other local governments face are really a circular problem. Taxes got out of hand largely
because of an 18th century system of local government. That same system cannot fix the problem--for it is the problem.
MoreHICKS: Management's complicity with union doomed GM
June 8, 2009
Mike HicksGeneral Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy marked the second-largest commercial failure in modern history. It is an opportunity for
deep reflection.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.