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Date	Commentary Title
December 20	Thinking Back Over the Century
December 6	Cultural Objections to the New West Economy
November 23	The "Economics" of Natural Resource Development and Preservation
November 8	Mis-Projecting the Employment Impacts of Declines in Federal Timber Availability
October 25	A Conspiracy of Optimism, Act II: Columbia River Salmon
October 11	The Economics of Protecting Our Roadless Areas
September 27	Comparing Montana to Other Mountain West States
September 13	Why Average Income and Pay Are So Low in Montana
August 29	Record Low Unemployment in Montana
August 16	Mistaking Small Towns for Small Economies
August 2	The Montana Legislature’s Loss of Faith in the Coal Tax Trust Fund
July 17	Remembering the Timber Panic of the Early 1990s
July 5	Population Sprawl: The View from Vermont
June 7	Is Livestock Grazing on Federal Lands Crucial to the Economies of the Inland West?
May 24	Destination Resorts and the Economy of the New West
May 10	Being Kicked Out of Last Place
April 25	The Pervasive Violence in Our Schools: Nothing New
April 12	Lobbing Fiscal Time Bombs into the Next Millennium
March 29	Paying Attention to Who Pays Taxes
March 15	What Is to Blame for the Lack of Gold Exploration Activity in Montana?
March 1	Eating the Scenery: Should Government Employees Be Forced to Eat More?
February 15	What is it Worth to Bring Back the Past?
February 1	The "Job Gap" and "Living Wage" in Montana
January 17	Is There An Economic Crisis In Montana