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Most of Bill’s current writings appear on Forbes.com where he is a Senior Contributor.

5 Sep 2006

Can the Economy Be Strong If Poverty Is Not Falling?

Business Strategy Economy Public Policy

Business leaders have asked me that, reacting to concerns that the income gains have been primarily at the upper end of the income distribution. I take these concerns with a grain of salt. First, estimates …

2 Sep 2006

Entrepreneurs Interviewed

Business Strategy

There’s a lot to be learned from the experience of entrpreneurs: how they got their idea, what their challenges were in implementing it, what worked as they expected and what didn’t. You can read over …

2 Sep 2006

Forecasting Isn’t Easy

Economy

A hat tip to Seth Godin for this:

1 Sep 2006

Job Growth Just About Right

Economy

Although slower than the pace of last winter, recent employment gains have been just about right. On a percentage basis, employment growth is about equal to population growth. Unemployment is 4.7%, which is about normal, …

31 Aug 2006

States Benefitting From Exports

Economy

Export growth has been strong nationally (14% in the last 12 months). Marple’s Pacific Northwest Letter points out that exports have been quite strong in this neck of the woods. That led me to look …

31 Aug 2006

Weak Consumer Sales: What To Do?

Business Strategy Economy

What can a retailer do about falling demand? In yesterday’s post about restaurants I discussed possible causes of weak sales at restaurants. The subject has become more interesting with some retailers announcing weakness, as Calculated …

30 Aug 2006

Any Whining About Profits?

Economy

Corporate profits increased at an annual rate of 8.6 percent in the second quarter. We don’t have the full industry detail from the Commerce Department yet, but it looks like the financial sector was the …

30 Aug 2006

Weak Consumer Sales: Are Restaurants an Indicator?

Business Strategy Economy

The Wall Street Journal reports today that restaurant chains are hurting due to low sales. Stock in the corporation that owns Outback Steakhouses is down 40 percent from its peak. Down at least 20 percent …

29 Aug 2006

The Future of Radio–And Your Business

Business Strategy

Seth Godin was interviewed about the future of radio recently. He offered a few ideas about how radio might evolve. Even if you’re not in the business, thinking about this industry has some value. Seth …

29 Aug 2006

Poverty Steady By One Approach

Economy Public Policy

Today’s announcement that the poverty rate was stable will lead to renewed calls for using a measure of “relative poverty.” Our current practice establishes the poverty line as a multiple of a minimal food budget. …

27 Aug 2006

Productivity Data

Economy

A couple of weeks after the quarterly GDP report, the government tells us the news on productivity: output per hour. Here’s the Cliff Notes: if GDP was up a lot in the quarter, then productivity …

26 Aug 2006

We’ve Been Reviewed

Ian Griffin, the corporate communications specialist, reviews the Businomics blog on his blog. After checking out his site, hit the link to his main web page, Executive Communications. (I was about to add "If your …