MARCUS: Consumer Price Index proposal costs little, saves a lot
For all of our philosophical pondering combined with our statistical cleverness, we cannot figure out what is “living” nor determine its “cost.”
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MARCUS: New Hoosier motto could become ‘Be less than you have been’
The U.S. Army says, “Be all that you can be.” Indiana is moving toward a different message.
MARCUS: Multipliers are what you make them
New money will not necessarily mean new jobs at the beauty parlor or the barbershop if there are already empty chairs.
MARCUS: Should we be offended by Times story?
Last month, The New York Times ran a story under the headline “Indiana: The Exception? Yes, but …” The story gave a factual presentation of our state’s economic circumstances, but with an overriding sarcasm that left a bad taste in Hoosier mouths.
MARCUS: A tale of Colts, Packers and Longhorns
What we gain by having the Colts and Pacers is mainly a psychological benefit. We feel that we are big league because we have big-league teams carrying our name.
MARCUS: Hold the celebration; reality is just ahead
Frequently, Hoosiers ride as passengers in one of the front cars on the business roller coaster.
MARCUS: Check out this regional cooperation
About 48 hours after the exciting finish of this year’s Indy 500 race, Mayors Wayne Seybold, R-Marion, and Greg Goodnight, D-Kokomo, announced the formation of the Midwest Automotive Loop.
MARCUS: Should we have commuting policies?
In 2009, 80 percent of Hoosiers worked in the county where they lived, with the other 20 percent going elsewhere to work. Hardly a change from data 10 years earlier.
MARCUS: Numbers say Indiana’s economy isn’t healthy
Usually, when an unemployed person gets a job, the number of people unemployed goes down and the number employed goes up. That’s a healthy economy.
MARCUS: Lies told about people paying income tax
“Liars!” I want to shout. People who lie deliberately and those who lie innocently afflict our nation with falsehoods.
MARCUS: High school principals as economic drivers
From time to time, I am asked: “What is the best investment for Indiana’s economic development”? The answer: our high-school-age young men and women.
MARCUS: Manufacturing is economy’s blessing, bane
Manufacturing alone accounted for 53 percent of the decline in what people earned at their private-sector jobs.
MARCUS: Evansville is the least loser or best of the bad
Recent data from the bottom of the recession reveal all seven economic areas that include Indiana counties experienced declines in per-capita personal income.
MARCUS: Uptight music for uncertain times
The blues resonate with the tough people living tough lives.
MARCUS: What is it worth? TV has the answer
Discovering value emerged as a TV staple long before the recent economic tsunami.
MARCUS: No statistics on death by pothole
Nothing stirs the imagination like a near-death experience.
MARCUS: The recovery is over … or maybe not
The recession in Indiana and the nation lasted only three quarters. But the Hoosier recovery took six quarters.
MARCUS: Training and education aren’t same thing
Ignorant and bigoted people are encouraged to run for public office when they witness this dumbing-down of society.
MARCUS: Opposing ideas need not demand respect
Failure to cooperate with an unethical power is a commendable ethical stand.
MARCUS: Fewer Hoosier children means less retail
Indiana added 369,400 adults, compared with just 33,900 children, a ratio of nearly 11 to 1. This imbalance was hardly uniform, but its consequences are important for all of us.