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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Where’s the job market headed?

Jobs are a crucial part — some would say “the” crucial part — of the economy. People take ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Will North Carolina be the new leader in energy?

Although there are debates about the speed and details, it is clear that an energy transition is taking ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Is the labor market returning to normal?

After inflation, the labor market shortage has probably been the top story of the past two years. Many ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Has there been some good news on income inequality?

Decades from now, people who lived through the pandemic will remember it as a horrible period. Over a ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: How can we fix the labor market?

There are several worries about today’s labor market. The first is the ongoing “labor shortage.” The percentage of ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Can economics help you survive 2023?

2023 will be a challenging year for the economy. We’re starting the year with the ongoing problem of ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Will 2023 be naughty or nice?

The traditional holiday question to children — “Have you been naughty or nice?” — is a perfect lead-in ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Is economics about more than jobs and inflation?

Every time there is trouble looming for the economy, my schedule of presentations and interviews explodes. It happened ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: Where can we cut back?

Both of my grandfathers were farmers in southwestern Ohio. One had a hog farm and the other raised ... Read more

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MIKE WALDEN COLUMN: If inflation subsides, will everything be OK?

I came to Raleigh and joined the North Carolina State University faculty in 1978. Then, manufacturing dominated the ... Read more