Arizona is at a crossroads, looking back at 25 years of spectacular growth and forward to a future that, while promising, is also uncertain. As one of 10 identified "megapolitan" areas in the U.S., Arizona faces the choice of creating high-quality jobs or ignoring that need.

The Arizona Constitution mandates that "the instruction furnished shall be as nearly free as possible" at the state's universities, and that the state appropriate money for the "development and improvement" of its universities.

At the time of the California energy supply crisis of 2001, a number of Western states were net exporters of electricity. They realized the Golden State would need much more electricity than it could supply itself.

When Thomas Donohue scans the American health-care landscape, he sees an opportunity.

Basic research is the raw material of new knowledge and the base of an innovative society, says Dennis Hoffman, associate dean for research at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

The huge sums raised by corporate-driven Political Action Committees are legend, but the average voter is unaware of just how effective such contributions can be.

You probably didn't stop to consider that the $2 tip you left the waiter at lunch today involves a complex web of social psychology, personal morality and economics.

"What is a guy selling mayonnaise in 50-gallon drums doing in education?" Robert Craves asked the audience during a recent presentation at the W. P. Carey School's Economic Club of Phoenix.

Addressing a mixed audience recently at the W. P. Carey School of Business, U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral breezed through an economic update before plunging into the controversial issue of illegal immigrant workers.

When an employee underperforms, supervisors must decide whether to fire that person or wait to see whether performance improves. In the balance are the transition costs of finding a replacement and getting that person up to speed mdash; costs could be saved if the original employee improves.