New Orleans Many presidents of the United States have been known throughout history for their foreign policy doctrines, good or bad. The Monroe Doctrine was a message to the world from one of our earliest presidents that we would stay out of European conflicts, but other nations needed to stay out of the North America …
Month: June 2018
Is the Gig Up or Down?
New Orleans With statistical unemployment below 4% for the first time in years, economists, policy makers, politicians, and self-interested hucksters have found something new to throw statistics at each other backwards and forwards: is the gig economy growing or slowing? At many levels one might say it depends on who you ask. At another level …
Now is the Time to Press Hospitals for Community Benefit Agreements
New Orleans Community benefit agreements have increasingly become part of the conversation in cities throughout the country when it comes to major developments at the intersection of private interest and public authority, regulations, and landholding. Few large cities under assault from major and minor sports interests to support stadium projects have not found themselves …