As an amateur observer of consumer behavior and company marketing strategies we listened with interest to BloombergRadio’s morning Surveillance show when Tom Keane and Pimm Fox quipped with Stephanie Schiller Wissink, equity analyst and Managing Director at Jefferies, about shopping… Continue Reading →

On my way to the National League of Cities Summit in LA I listened to a podcast from, the Weeds.  Sarah Kliff discussed the “democracy vouchers” program in Seattle, whereby eligible residents receive a $100 voucher that they may donate… Continue Reading →

In its recent release of City Fiscal Conditions, the National League of Cities reported that “all major tax sources grew slower in FY 2017 than in FY 2016.  Property tax revenues, a staple resource at the local level, grew 2.6%… Continue Reading →

Unemployment is at an all-time low – 3.7% as released by BLS on Oct. 19 for September.  But this only tells part of the story and misses important divergences since the Great Recession.  Certainly (hopefully) election pundits and pollsters are… Continue Reading →