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/EconMinute podcast: Win-win
"Win-win" is the topic for this week's podcast because it's "game on" for Portland's election season. Oregon state treasurer Ted Wheeler enters the Portland mayor's race, facing off against incumbent ...
17 Syys 201527min
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
