Category Archives: Economy

Economic Forecast Shows Slow Growth at Best for Virginia

Posted on January 7, 2015 by matt ohern

By Stephan Cassaday and Mike Thompson The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, the state premier public policy foundation, recently released its 15th annual Economic Forecast for Virginia and it shows that our economy continues to slowly recover from the … Continue reading →

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First, Let’s Try Equal Employment Rights

Posted on January 7, 2015 by matt ohern

Body cameras and independent prosecutors for police misconduct, are both good ideas, but not the place to start in addressing our current National policing crisis. We will never succeed in avoiding another Ferguson, Staten Island, or Cleveland, until we all … Continue reading →

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Soft Skills Are Key to Better Jobs

Posted on December 3, 2014 by matt ohern

The importance of science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, knowledge in our labor market is talked about a lot. Jobs requiring that knowledge in STEM fields often pay much more than the average job. Many STEM jobs, such as … Continue reading →

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Virginia Metros Rank High in Economic Freedom

Posted on November 13, 2014 by matt ohern

The political class is all excited (or agitated, as the case may be) by the Republican takeover of Congress in Washington, D.C., but life continues as usual here in the boondocks. The pocketbook issues that propelled the Republicans to power … Continue reading →

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National Debt Situation is the Worst in Our History

Posted on November 13, 2014 by matt ohern

Stan Collender, “one of the world’s leading experts on the U.S. budget and congressional budget process,” claims in his Forbes column that the federal deficit is “falling rapidly as a percent of Gross Domestic Product and that means the national … Continue reading →

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