Here’s a riddle for you. What do you get when you put three economic academics in a car with a GPS system and a mission to interview small business owners?
You get a book—in this case, Roadside MBA: Back Road Lessons For Entrepreneurs, Executive and Small Business Owners.
Co-author Paul Oyer and I explore some of these lessons to see if academics can apply economic theory to small business realities.
Dr. Song Won Sohn, the man The Wall Street Journal once named the most accurate economist in the United States, gives his forecast for Ventura County’s economy for the remainder of 2012.
Lloyd Dumas is a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. We examine his thesis of using economic relationships to build a more peaceful, prosperous and secure world from his latest book The Peacekeeping Economy.
Bill Conerly helps corporate executives and small business owners make more profitable decisions by interpreting economic data. We examine whether the economy is recovering or heading to a double dip recession and what to do about it.
is the Senior Economics Reporter for CNBC. He reports on all economic indicators. We discuss whether the United States is heading into a double-dip recession after Quantitative Easing II has ended.
Jacob Appel understands that nearly half of the world’s population—3 billion people—live on less than $2.50 per day. Most humanitarian aid spent to solve world poverty is wasted. He examines the possibilities of applying a different type of economics to solve world poverty. We discuss the findings in his book, More Than Good Intentions.