By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog. In the previous post on job sprawl, I referenced the new research on economic mobility. It’s certainly interesting and is likely the best and most complete empirical work on the subject that there is. However there has not been a lot […]

Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission has settled with a set of defendants associated with the A+ Financial Center scheme.  They were charged in last year’s joint law enforcement sweep against five companies that made millions of illegal pre-recorded robocalls claiming to be from “Rachel” and “Cardholder Services” and […]

The enduring question for Google is privacy. CNN Money asks it directly to Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. See video below.

U.S. Is Producing Fewer College Graduates With Computer and Information Technology Degrees Than Ten Years Ago — Study Also Reveals Which Major College Degrees Are Growing the Fastest By Career Builders, The demand for graduates with computer and information technology skills continues to rise, but U.S. colleges and universities are […]

Startups Collaborate to Recruit Engineers By Oregon Small Business Association Businessweek wrote about Portland’s innovative idea to attract new talent. The CEOs of 11 of Portland’s startup tech companies have launched a novel and promising venture: joining forces to recruit new talent into the city instead of poaching software engineers […]

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, Oregon is surrounded by the nations top worst car theft cities.   Below is a list of Oregon’s own car theft cities ranked within the state followed by their national rank when compared to other metro cities.

By Oregon Small Business Association, According to Rootmetrics AT&T’s average download speeds are 30% faster than Verizon. At&T may be winnign the speed war, but Verizon has winning the volume contest as they have 93 million subscribers, compared to AT&T’s 71 million. Below is a chart comparing the average download […]

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden was mentioned highly in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal Editorial for his bi-aprtisan work with Republican John Thune. See below. Wall Street Editorial Board, 8/3/13 Bipartisanship isn’t dead in Washington, at least when it comes to taxing the Internet. On Thursday Senators Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog Yet another month with good-but-not-great job growth figures.  How long has this been now, five years?  We  find out that the US economy added 162,000 jobs and that unemployment fell to 7.4%. I think it is pretty clear that folks that […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Eli Lehrer runs the R Street Institute. It’s a Washington, DC think tank and also a small employer. He writes about a little-known requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that defies common sense, and that other small firms will deal with: Among […]