Employment and Dynamic Scoring

Mike Smitka Economics, Washington and Lee University Here are quick notes on my WREL Lexington AM 1450 radio show of October 8, 2015. There...

Can tax cuts pay for themselves?

The assorted Republican hopefuls are now trotting out pieces of policy platforms. Most of them aren't very good working with media. Then...

Econ Update: WREL Lexington VA

by Mike Smitka, Economics Dept, Washington and Lee University Sept 17 (here) and Sept 24 (below) The Fed – specifically the Federal Open Ma...

Electric Cars: Renault's the Leader, not Tesla!

by Mike Smitka During the GERPISA auto conference in Paris in June I stayed in a hotel with a row of electric vehicles parked out front. T...

Reconsidering China: An Essay

by James Vena | Jun 3, 2014 | Essays | posted by David Ruggles Co-blogger Mike Smitka (住老师 in his China class) comments at the end. He's...

Generational War: Do Older Worker Squeeze Today's Young Out of Jobs? Weekly WREL Radio Show

Click on Figures to enlarge! Figure 1 Mike Smitka I generally focus on the medium-run picture of the US labor market, the recovery process f...

Thursday morning radio: the economy on WREL

Mike Smitka Well, I've gone through another week without a post on the auto industry, but Thursday has come and my WREL Lexington (VA) r...