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.
The comeback market
Rumblings in the media hint that rising home prices could be the start of a new bubble, but real estate expert Mike Orr says that researchers who are examining the data don’t believe it. Instead, he says Phoenix is experiencing a market come back.
Beyond the housing shortage: Urbanized suburbs and dense development
Although many people may find it hard to believe, the Phoenix area is facing a growing housing shortage, according to real estate experts Mike Orr and Mark Stapp from the W. P. Carey School of Business, who were featured speakers at a forum on April 6.
License to innovate: 007 technology
The current James Bond movie, Skyfall, delivers the action and effects we’ve come to expect of the 007 franchise.
Phoenix homebuilders in startup mode: Land is hot again
With prices on the rise and population growing faster than other places, Phoenix is once again looking good to homebuilders. That means land is very desirable — especially lots ready for development. In this podcast, Mike Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W.
Next generation: Lifestyle, work style and real estate
The so-called millennials, like the baby boomers before them, are causing major shifts as they move through life’s stages. And while boomer retirement is impacting the economy, the millennials are poised to drive even more change.
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.
Deloitte chairman describes culture of exceptionalism
Deloitte Chairman Punit Renjen, who helped drive Deloitte’s exceptional performance through the recession, describes the firm’s culture at the Economic Club of Phoenix Luncheon on Feb. 13, 2014.
What's driving CEO pay sky high?
U-Haul CEO Joe Shoen said growing income disparity is a troubling trend at the Economic Club of Phoenix, where he examined the forces driving senior executive pay.