Michael Mandel

President

November 25, 2009

November 25, 2009

November 20, 2009

November 20, 2009

November 17, 2009

November 17, 2009

Service Sector Inflation Ticks Up

The headline number for this morning's PPI report was an 0.6% decline in the price of finished goods less food and energy (

November 13, 2009

November 13, 2009

Advanced Technology Deficit Widens in 3rd Quarter

November 13, 2009

November 13, 2009

Innovation, Jobs, and Corporate Performance

Next week I'm looking forward to speaking at two important innovation-related conferences. On Thursday I will be in Chicago at

November 12, 2009

November 12, 2009

My investment choices....

November 11, 2009

November 11, 2009

Review of "Profit Power Economics"

November 10, 2009

November 10, 2009

November 5, 2009

November 5, 2009

Globalization and Measurement Conference

November 5, 2009

November 5, 2009

Financial Crisis Creates Productivity Bonanza? No.

November 3, 2009

November 3, 2009

Buffett's Gloomy View of Our Economic Future?

This morning Warren Buffet's company Berkshire Hathaway announced that it was buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe in a deal valued at $44 billion. In the announcement, Buffett called the purchase an

November 2, 2009

November 2, 2009

Ford's Earning Report and Intangibles

November 1, 2009

November 1, 2009

On Trade and Living Standards

One of my favorite commenters, Ajay, writes: Wow, when the chief economist at Businessweek is capable of writing a sentence like

October 26, 2009

October 26, 2009

Hard Times for Nonprod Workers in Manufacturing

October 22, 2009

October 22, 2009

Nutty Manufacturing Productivity Statistics

This morning the BLS released its

October 19, 2009

October 19, 2009

Wanted: Unemployed Scientists and Engineers

October 18, 2009

October 18, 2009

The Jobs Deficit

October 14, 2009

October 14, 2009

BusinessWeek sold to Bloomberg

October 12, 2009

October 12, 2009

Surprising Nobel in Economics

I have an admission to make--I had never heard of Elinor Ostrom before this morning's Nobel prizes in Economics were announced. Ostrom, the 2009 winner along with Oliver Williamson of the

October 9, 2009

October 9, 2009

Trade Picture Worsens in August