Alaska’s Economy at Midyear: What do the Data Say?
Sometimes the numbers lead you astray, especially when they up and change. With hundreds of analyses under my belt there have been times when portion of the data haven’t been correct; I would describe the moment you discover that your data isn’t what you thought it was as “dyspeptic”. Sometimes data discrepancies are in your […]
Pursuing the Holy Grail of Economic Development
The travel bug bit me in November 1989 when I participated in a cultural exchange with the students from the former Soviet Union. I don’t know exactly when the bug bit me, but it was somewhere between stepping on board the Finnair DC-10 at JFK, that imposing Soviet border guard telling me he liked my […]