February 18, 2019
David Swenson, associate scientist, had several media interviews this week:
- Heike Wipperfurth, German Public Radio (Deutschlandradio), on the proposed Green New Deal and the kinds of effects compatible legislation would have on the Midwest.
- Sarah Ritter, Quad City Times, about the cross-border effects for labor and businesses when one state raises its minimum wage and the other (Iowa, obviously) doesn’t.
- Todd Neeley, AgFax, "Ethanol: 2018 Record Exports, China Market Closed. What’s Next? – DTN." and "Analyst: Worst is Behind Ethanol."
- Jason Margolis, The Week Magazine, "The Rest Belt Workers Left Behind."
- Olivia Solon, NBC News, about the regional economic contributions of large data centers, especially in light of the multitude of public subsidies that they invariably receive from state and local governments.
- Jaime Adame, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, "Report: UA adds $2.26B to economy"
- Art Cullen, The Washington Post, "Help wanted: Rural America needs immigrants"
- Also covered by The Morning Sun
- Royal Oak Tribune
- Macomb Daily
- The Oakland Press