How does a family business survive three generations? An interview with the CEO of Beaverton Foods
For this episode of the EconMinute podcast, we again co-host with Jim Pasero, publisher of the Oregon Transformation Newsletter. We are joined by Dominic Biggi, CEO of Beaverton Foods. The maker of do...
28 Marras 201754min
Wildfires and regulation: How the Portland Spirit business deals with disaster
For this episode of Econ Minute, we are doing an experiment. In collaboration with the Oregon Transformation Project, we have Jim Pasero - author of the Oregon Transformation Newsletter - co-hosting w...
4 Marras 20171h 14min
Reforming health care: A lesson from Apollo 13
“Houston, we have a problem.” It’s the most famous line from Apollo 13 and perhaps how most Republicans are feeling about their plans to repeal and replace Obamacare. As repeal and replace has given w...
5 Elo 201714min
Taxes, more taxes, and ... "recreational" marijuana
With the ink barely dry on Oregon's costly Low Carbon Fuel Standard law, Portland city commissioner Steve Novick bets than a 10-cents-a-gallon gas tax will be his ticket to re-election. Along the way,...
11 Loka 201522min
Unspoiled by progress
With legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Oregon just a day away, Portland City Hall is still working out how it plans to regulate the new business. What have they been doing for the past y...
2 Loka 201525min
Déjà vu all over again
It’s "déjà vu all over again" on the Tuesday Memo / Econ Minute podcast. A few days after Los Angeles declares a state of emergency on homeless, Portland's Mayor Charlie Hales enters "me too" mode an...
2 Loka 201522min
TuesdayMemo and EconMinute team up to podcast about Portland
TuesdayMemo and EconMinute team up for a very Portland podcast. We bring together politics, economics, and a dose of common sense into the conversation about what's happening in Oregon's biggest city....
9 Elo 201524min
