Hicks Commentary: More Bad News about Hoosier College Attendance
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks July 27, 2025 The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has released the stateâs go-to-college data for 2023, the most rec â...â
Hicks Commentary: Itâs Stagflation, Not Inflation
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks July 20, 2025 The average American family will pay about $2,500 more this year because of tariffs. But unlike inflation, your â...â
Hicks Commentary: A Golden Age of Economic Columnists
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks July 13, 2025 I have the very good fortune to be living amid a veritable golden age of economic columnists. There is such an i â...â
Hicks Commentary: Churchill Was Right About Americans
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks July 6, 2025 Our nation was born in an epic struggle over the radical ideals of our foundingâthat (1) we each have value and â...â
Hicks Commentary: More Changes to Economic Development Policy Are Needed
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks June 29, 2025 Several weeks ago, I wrote that Hoosiers should offer Gov. Mike Braun grace in his efforts to reorient the Indiana â...â
Hicks Commentary: We Have a Healthy Middle Class
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks June 22, 2025 Iâm often asked, âWhat has happened to the middle class?â The best answer I can think of puts the question â...â
Hicks Commentary: Economic Freedom Is Essential, but It Isnât Just Taxes
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks June 15, 2025 Over the past few years, academic economists and think tanks have published studies on freedom that offer valuable â...â
Hicks Commentary: The Labor Demand Shocks of Artificial Intelligence
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael J. Hicks June 8, 2025 The most disruptive technology in human history was almost certainly the wheel. That economic shock, and all the o â...â
Hicks Commentary: Misdiagnosing Housing Problems
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks June 1, 2025 The U.S. faces three types of housing market problems, with three very different types of solutions. Yet, policy eff â...â
Hicks Commentary: Itâs TDS to Suppose These Tariffs Are Working
This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks May 18, 2025 Judging from email and social media, my last column, which revised my 2025 economic forecast in light of President Tru â...â