Fuel Cells Still a Viable Option?

Based on an original post by Daniel Tomm on the Econ 244 course blog By chance there is a CNN Money story today (Aug 15) on fuel cells, Has...

The Tariff Advantage of Mexico

Adapted from a post by Griffin Cook on the Econ 244 blog, May 18, 2013 Audi's decision to place the plant that will build the new Q5 cro...

Red and Yellow

A guest post by Andrew Shipp; original draft May 15, 2013 on the Econ 244 blog Florida revealed a scheme to shorten yellow light times. The ...

The Decline of the Japanese Auto Industry

Here are three graphs, pulled from a talk I gave at UMTRI in the spring. The Japanese auto industry – that is, manufacturing and retail ins...

Diversion: An Economic Model of US Elections

Economics helps explain disarray in politics, at least politics US-style. Put every voter on a line, from right to left; candidates move tow...

GM, and Ford – Onward and Upward?

As of this writing, the stock price of General Motors closed at almost $37.00, while Ford closed at about $17.   Both announced strong seco...

June data update

Here are 3 charts from Friday's release of (un)employment and auto sales data. First, looking at employment-population ratios shows very...