Shifting winds: Demographics play role in employment dynamics
Politicians and pundits blame sinking workforce participation on discouraged workers exiting the job market, but actually demographics plays a big role.
Why is U.S. public so pessimistic about the economy?
Fifty-one percent of those polled by the Gallup organization on January 19, 2014 believe that the U.S. economy is getting worse, but four key measures of economic health tell a different story.
Two perspectives: 2014 U.S. economic forecast
James Glassman and Lee Ohanian have very different takes on the current and near-future health of the U.S. economy. Glassman, managing director and senior economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., says that a decent economic recovery is in progress.
Arizona's economy plods ahead in 2014
Arizona’s economic performance in 2014 is expected to continue to be less than robust, according to economists speaking at the 50th Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon, co-sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business Department of Economics and JPMorgan Chase.
Athletes' Performance revolutionizes training
Dan Burns, CEO of the performance training company, shared the company's scientific approach that integrates four pillars — mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery — to give athletes everything they need to perform their best at the Economic Club of Phoenix Luncheon.
Most accurate economist predicts modest growth in 2014
Things get better -- but not dramatically so -- in 2014, says 2013 Lawrence R. Klein Award winner Dean Maki.
Plow horse economy will continue to recover slowly
The general consensus on Arizona’s economic outlook for the second half of 2013 is this: Arizona, like the nation, is likely to continue growing, but slowly. In some areas of the economy -- like jobs -- we’ll have to get used to a new normal.
What do you know about economics?
How confident are you that you understand background facts on economic issues? Attendees at the Annual Economic Outlook luncheon on May 16, 2013, took this test of economic knowledge. Here’s your chance to take the challenge.
Arizona's pace slow, but still faster than U.S.
The W. P. Carey School’s top economists weighed in on conditions in Arizona and across the nation at the Annual Economic Outlook Luncheon.
Why negotiations fail
Strategic uncertainty, a career focus for associate economics professor Amanda Friedenberg, occurs when the parties in a negotiation don’t know how the others will behave, perhaps because they’ve never negotiated before.