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3844328/PixabayThere may have been a worse time in history to be a small business owner in our region, but few people can think of it at the moment. The Covid-19… -
Oregon Shakespeare FestivalIn response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced on Friday their 2020 season will be further postponed until the fall…
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UPDATED: MARCH 27, 1:30 p.m. -- Congress has passed, and President Trump has signed, a $2 trillion emergency relief package for Americans affected by the…
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The economy is taking a major thrashing from the efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19. Donnie Maclurcan has proposed giving it a thrashing for a…
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California is an economic giant, with an economy a bit larger than that of the United Kingdom. Yes, the UK. But the economic benefits are not evenly…
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It hasn't even been a real word for long: "financialization." But it explains a lot about the workings of our economy for a while now, the way in which…
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More than a quarter of Oregon's millennial generation get monthly cash infusions from family members. More than half take family money at some point in…
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Political figures are fond of making moves they say will help "the economy." And often, out of sight, economists roll their eyes at the politicians. They…
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Capitalism rules the world now. Even countries we once thought of as committed to communism now allow at least some semblance of a free-market…
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Americans love Wal-Mart. Enough to spend most of their retail dollars there, anyway. But Wal-Mart has many detractors, including people who blame the…
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Any effort to improve your life would probably not begin at the doorstep of an economist. But let's keep an open mind about this. Adam Smith, the father…
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There's a lot of longing for "good old days" in America, the time when many people could graduate from high school and step into a well-paid manufacturing…
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It makes a certain amount of sense for James Rickards to advise people to buy gold. After all, his last book was called The Death of Money, in which he…
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The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, it often appears. And it's often hard to believe that it happens by accident. Not an accident at all, says…
