Michael Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University.
When I was growing up in the 1950s, I was a fan of the Superman TV show. The program opened with the announcer looking up at the sky and saying, “It’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s Superman!” I’ve used a modified version in today’s column to add some humor to the serious question of what...
Clint Eastwood has long been one of my favorite actors. A movie that propelled him to stardom was “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” I think a title with a slight change, to “The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain,” is a great description of today’s economy. The good There are plenty of “good”...
An important feature of the job market is it never stands still. As the economy changes, and the products and services people buy change, so too do jobs. Jobs that exist today may not be around tomorrow. At the same time, jobs that don’t exist today could be part of tomorrow’s economy. Developments in technology are a...
Cada vez que se avecinan problemas para la economía, mi agenda de presentaciones y entrevistas explota. Sucedió durante mis más de 40 años en la facultad de NCSU, y todavía sucede en mi jubilación, mientras sigo interactuando con grupos y los medios. Estoy viendo las mismas reacciones hoy con preocupaciones sobre la inflación y la...