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 Nov 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 Nov 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 Aug 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 Okt 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 Okt 201525min
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 Sep 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 Aug 201524min
