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by Thomas M. Power

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2001

Date Commentary Title
December 31 Nostalgia for an Economy Long Past
December 17 Putting Students in Their Place: Missoula’s Proposed Occupancy Limits
December 3 The Tumbling Dominos of Energy Deregulation
November 19 The “Other” Montana: An Economic Vision for Eastern Montana
November 5 Coping with the Recession: Ideological Dead-Ends
October 22 Planning for the Montana’s Future Supply of Electricity
October 8 Exaggerating Our Economic Problems, Misunderstanding their Source
September 24 The Rhetoric of War
September 10 Are the National Forests the Cause of the Declines in Forest Products Employment in Montana? A Comparison of Maine and Montana
August 27 Can the Electric Industry Be Safely Deregulated?
August 13 Jobs and Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
July 30 The Importance of the Incentives Built into Utility Regulation
July 16 Coping with Instability in Natural Gas and Electricity Markets
June 18 Looking at Montana as Two Separate States
June 4 Is Electric Utility Deregulation Blameless in the Current Energy Crisis?
May 21 Mischaracterizing Our Energy Problems
May 7

Low Pay in Montana: Lessons from Our Neighboring States
April 23 “Jumpstarting” the Montana Economy Helena Style
April 9 Federal Timber Harvests and Local Employment
March 26 Is There a “Brain Drain” Taking Place in Montana?
March 12

Low Pay and Income in the Mountain West: If It's Not Industrial Structure, What Is It?
February 26

Natural Resource Jobs and Average Pay in Montana: No Connection?
February 12

Threatening Montana’s Future in the Pursuit of Electric Generation Fantasies

January 29

Making the Electrical Situation Worse: Special Interests Exploit the Mess They Made

January 15 More Mill Closures: Rational Adjustments to Low Prices and Excess Supply