Is Brexit a Risk to US Growth?

mike smitka I made a short presentation as a component of board education for a local bank. The president was curious about Brexit, so I use...

Domestic Automotive Jobs: NOT the Sept Monthly Sales Report!

Domestic Vehicle Production Domestic Industry Revenue The domestic US auto industry has by two metrics finally recovered from the Great Rece...

Another fracking Saudi conspiracy story, or Chapter 11 is a marvelous invention

Mike Smitka Let me revisit a topic that matters a lot to the auto industry, what's happening in the energy sector. Frank Gaffney, of th...

US Employment relative to Population Growth

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington & Lee Univ Today's Employment Situation. Adding jobs isn't enough, because our population is ...

The US Market: How many brands, how many models?

Mike Smitka, Economics, Washington & Lee Univ Toyota will eliminate the Scion brand; Ford is withdrawing from Japan. In the US, Suzuki, ...

Radio Show: Looking Backward, Looking Forward

Mike Smitka Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University WREL Lexington (VA) is changing its format, so today is my last regular ra...

Generational War: Do Older Worker Squeeze Today's Young Out of Jobs? Weekly WREL Radio Show

Click on Figures to enlarge! Figure 1 Mike Smitka I generally focus on the medium-run picture of the US labor market, the recovery process f...