Economy
100,000 Layoffs and Counting: Is this the New Normal?
This time a year ago, the oil industry's biggest problem was finding a way to deal with the "retirement tsunami" about to crash down on ……Read More
Economy
Economy
Texas: From Shale Boom to Water Revolution
Texas is famous the world over for two things on a massive scale: oil and droughts. Now the slick but dry state is becoming famous ……Read More
Economy
Consumers Winning With Low Oil Prices, For Now
Lest we be too quick to forget whence we came, America is now 9-months into lower gasoline prices, which started their swoon the week of ……Read More
Economy
Everyone Is Guessing When It Comes To Oil Prices
Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the ……Read More
Economy
The Impact of Trade with Japan on U.S. Employment
Governments always like to have us believe that trade deals are good for the economy. From research done by Robert E. Scott at the Economic Policy Institute ……Read More
Economy
Here’s What Will Send Oil Prices Back Up Again
Oil's rapid decline since August of last year has been dramatic. To listen to some commentators you would also think it is unprecedented and irreversible. ……Read More