https://tomhickerson.com/en/tags/economy/Recent content in economy on Tom Hickerson's SiteHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usCopyright 2023-2026Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2012/2012-05-14-the-coming-meltdown-in-college-education-why-the-economy-wont-get-better-any-time-soon/Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2012/2012-05-14-the-coming-meltdown-in-college-education-why-the-economy-wont-get-better-any-time-soon/“Now when you leave school you move back home. You take public transportation or borrow your parents car. The only thing new you buy is the cheap work outfit you need. Savings ? Forgettaboutit. It’s not happening. Your entire focus is on hitting your monthly nut for school debt , credit card and maybe a car or apartment. The crush of college debt has taken an entire generation of graduates, current and future out of the economy.https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2005/2005-05-26-very-nice-to-see-you-too/Thu, 26 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2005/2005-05-26-very-nice-to-see-you-too/From Foreign Affairs’ Down to the Wire: Once a leader in Internet innovation, the United States has fallen far behind Japan and other Asian states in deploying broadband and the latest mobile-phone technology. This lag will cost it dearly. No big surprise here. Japan is moving ahead of the US in broadband deployment. However, Japan had better learn from its Korean neighbors, who deployed broadband like crazy, if the graph is true to life.https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2004/2004-11-14-econ-theory-101/Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2004/2004-11-14-econ-theory-101/Over the spring, I took Michael Fairbanks’ class in International Entrepreneurism. It’s not entrepreneurship as much as it is business as usual in developing countries; Fairbanks founded the OTF Group, which specialises in strategy consulting for developing nations like Macedonia, Jamaica, Rwanda, etc. One of the last lectures he delivered in the class was a discussion of strategy versus innovation. Which economic strategies exist that support innovation? Which suppress it?