The Nature of Economic Knowledge: Divergent vs Convergent

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington and Lee University Discourse in economics presumes that knowledge is convergent: more empirical research ...

US Employment: Age-specific patterns of recovery

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington and Lee University Here's another quick cut on what's been happening over the past decade. Prior ...

US Employment relative to Population Growth

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington & Lee Univ Today's Employment Situation. Adding jobs isn't enough, because our population is ...

The US Market: How many brands, how many models?

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington & Lee Univ Toyota will eliminate the Scion brand; Ford is withdrawing from Japan. In the US, Suzuki, ...

Trump: Time to flop, er, flip: an economic analysis

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington & Lee Univ Trump has run a strategically brilliant campaign, playing the media to the hilt to speak t...

Globalization

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington & Lee Univ i'm pondering the nature of globalization in the auto industry. In addition, suppliers...

Radio Show: Looking Backward, Looking Forward

Mike Smitka Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University WREL Lexington (VA) is changing its format, so today is my last regular ra...