For more than 40 years, Economist Ernie Niemi has investigated and described the relationship between the natural environment and local economies, in Oregon and elsewhere.
Niemi, President of Natural Resource Economics, spoke before North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection recently about some of the economics of logging in Oregon. He discussed logging profits, taxes, jobs, wages, and economic impacts on local areas. What follows is a recording of that talk, edited for time.
Michael McCusker reflects on the demise of 2023, as we embark on what seems certain to be an uncertain, troubling, and fraught election year.
A conversation about joy and gratitude.
Michael McCusker commemorates the anniversary of 9/11, with personal essays he wrote in the years following the attacks, about their effects on the US.