Jim’s Corner

Politics has become very binary (all 1s and 0s). A person is expected to be for something or against. A policy issue is expected to…

I seem to live in “no man’s land” most of the time. I advise on economic development matters but I’m not an economic developer. I…

I was born with something broken in my brain that makes me enjoy economic and public policy debate. However, one current debate is irritating me.…

Policymakers are often under pressure to spend what is coming in the door. This is true even for the thoughtful ones. It happens at the…