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About this blog: I grew up in Los Angeles and moved to the area in 1963 when I started graduate school at Stanford. Nancy and I were married in 1977 and we lived for nearly 30 years in the Duveneck school area. Our children went to Paly. We moved ... (More)
About this blog: I grew up in Los Angeles and moved to the area in 1963 when I started graduate school at Stanford. Nancy and I were married in 1977 and we lived for nearly 30 years in the Duveneck school area. Our children went to Paly. We moved downtown in 2006 and enjoy being able to walk to activities. I do not drive and being downtown where I work and close to the CalTrain station and downtown amenities makes my life more independent. I have worked all my life as an economist focusing on the California economy. My work centers around two main activities. The first is helping regional planning agencies such as ABAG understand their long-term growth outlook. I do this for several regional planning agencies in northern, southern and central coast California. My other main activity is studying workforce trends and policy implications both as a professional and as a volunteer member of the NOVA (Silicon Valley) and state workforce boards. The title of the blog is Invest and Innovate and that is what I believe is the imperative for our local area, region, state and nation. That includes investing in people, in infrastructure and in making our communities great places to live and work. I served on the recent Palo Alto Infrastructure Commission. I also believe that our local and state economy benefits from being a welcoming community, which mostly we are a leader in, for people of all religions, sexual preferences and places of birth. (Hide)
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When will the recession end?
Apr 15, 2009 4:21 pm
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The three questions I get asked most these days are (1) "When will the recession end?" (2) "Are we in for another Great Depression?" and (3) "When will the economy... More
Apr 15, 2009 4:21 pm
Comments: 5 | Views: 4,715
The three questions I get asked most these days are (1) "When will the recession end?" (2) "Are we in for another Great Depression?" and (3) "When will the economy... More
On Being Invited to do an Economy Blog
Apr 2, 2009 9:07 pm
Comments: 6 | Views: 4,624
I have mixed feelings about Town Square. I like the idea of a forum for community online conversation. When Jay Thorwaldson approached me, I wanted to respond positively... More
Apr 2, 2009 9:07 pm
Comments: 6 | Views: 4,624
I have mixed feelings about Town Square. I like the idea of a forum for community online conversation. When Jay Thorwaldson approached me, I wanted to respond positively... More
Update on the California Dream
Aug 8, 2009 3:06 pm
Comments: 0 | Views: 4,608
The first blog I wrote for the Weekly was on whether the California Dream was over.
Recently I saw an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor asking the same... More
Aug 8, 2009 3:06 pm
Comments: 0 | Views: 4,608
The first blog I wrote for the Weekly was on whether the California Dream was over.
Recently I saw an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor asking the same... More
The Crash of Sept 2008--One Year Later
Sep 18, 2009 1:08 pm
Comments: 2 | Views: 4,600
This is the one-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the collapse of the stock market, considerable anxiety throughout the country and the beginning... More
Sep 18, 2009 1:08 pm
Comments: 2 | Views: 4,600
This is the one-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the collapse of the stock market, considerable anxiety throughout the country and the beginning... More
Recession causes and cures
Apr 15, 2009 4:15 pm
Comments: 4 | Views: 4,540
We usually identify and measure recessions by (1) the amount of job losses, (2) the reduction in the national production of goods and services (a decline in real... More
Apr 15, 2009 4:15 pm
Comments: 4 | Views: 4,540
We usually identify and measure recessions by (1) the amount of job losses, (2) the reduction in the national production of goods and services (a decline in real... More
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