THE ECONOMIST: Y’all Street
The announcement of the proposed new Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) and filing of the regulatory paperwork has made quite a splash recently. The fact...
THE ECONOMIST: Child care challenges
One of the most significant problems facing working parents is finding high-quality, affordable child care. It’s an issue not only for the families involved,...
THE ECONOMIST: Global trade
Trade is essential to prosperity, and recent projections indicate that it’s likely to rise significantly in the future. Long-term economic growth in any area...
THE ECONOMIST: Who pays?
In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. government collected about $4.7 trillion in total revenue, with roughly half ($2.35 trillion) derived from the much-maligned personal...
THE ECONOMIST: Spreading it around!
Exports are crucial to economic prosperity, opening global markets to U.S. products; a substantial portion of domestic business activity involves production of goods destined...
Nuclear power rapidly gaining credence
State Rep. Brooks Landgraf and Waco economist Ray Perryman say nuclear power should be at the forefront of the innovations that’ll be necessary to...
THE ECONOMIST: More and more!
Even as oil and natural gas production in Texas and the United States have been increasing rapidly, new data from the U.S. Energy Information...
THE ECONOMIST: All of the above
The dynamic Texas economy and its growing population (and hot summers) require increases in electric generation and transmission capacity well beyond what was expected...
THE ECONOMIST: A perilous purge
Since the expiration of COVID-19-related provisions requiring states to keep residents enrolled in Medicaid, an estimated 2.1 million Texans have lost their coverage. Texas...
THE ECONOMIST: Suburban surge
New Census data confirms what many people around the state have observed – Texas metropolitan areas and the surrounding counties are seeing a notable...