Should Arizona 'play it Parseghian' on job growth?

Arizona has been a champion of job creation in the past, but right now the state is doing just OK, says Economist Dennis Hoffman, director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

A year without the Colorado River, as seen by economists

What if the Colorado River water delivered to users throughout the west dried up for a year? National Geographic reported on a study of this hypothetical question by L. William Seidman Research Institute economists Timothy James and Anthony Evans.

WorkWise: Can't find a job? Get one created

Mildred L. Culp, a Scripps Media syndicated columnist, talked to economist Lee McPheters for a story about job creation that ran in the Knoxville News Sentinel, among many other papers.

U.S. economy in 2015: Not too hot, not too cold

Several long-term trends will determine America’s economic future, according to John Lonski, managing director and chief financial markets economist of Moody’s Analytics. Careful monitoring and interpretation of those trends for the period of 2010-2013 earned him the 2014 Lawrence R.

Washington, D.C., tops Forbes 2014 List of America's Coolest Cities

Forbes Magazine named Washington, D.C. as the “coolest” city in the nation. Boston, pictured here, came in at No. 10. But what makes some cities cool and others not? Dennis Hoffman, economist and director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute, offers an explanation.

Growth in employment and earnings brings an uptick in workers' compensation benefits and costs

Yahoo! Finance quoted Economics Professor Marjorie Baldwin in a story about the rise in workers’ compensation benefits in 2012. Baldwin is chair of Academy's Workers' Compensation Data Panel, part of the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Pop quiz: How accurate are your economic assumptions?

During the W. P. Carey School's annual Economic Oulook Luncheon, guests have an opportunity to test their personal economic knowledge. How confident are you that you understand background facts on economic issues? Try this short quiz to find out if you are an honors student.

Big-league sports boost Phoenix economy

The Phoenix metro area boasts a team in all four big-league sports, making it one of only a dozen metropolitan areas that can make this claim. And, of course, ASU has a high-level athletic program that draws hundreds of thousands of fans every year.

The Economic Minute: State share of income tax shrinks

Economist Dennis Hoffman shows that taxpayers are paying less as a percentage of their incomes to support state services than they did 30 years ago.

Americans work 25 percent more than Europeans, study finds

A Bloomberg article references to research that paints an exhausting picture of work in the U.S. — longer days, less vacation time, and later retirement.