 
 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 “...”
 
 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 “...”
 
 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 “...”
 
 This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks May 11, 2025 Three months ago, I released an economic forecast that I called “the best for Indiana in the 17 years I’ve been do “...”
 
 This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks May 4, 2025 Indiana’s 2025 legislative session offered a valuable pair of economic lessons. The first is that there are no perfec “...”
 
 This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks April 27, 2025 Media reports identified significant accounting problems at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC). In “...”
 
 This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks April 20, 2025 Gov. Mike Braun has signed the contentious Senate Bill 1 into law. This legislation was neither as good, nor as bad, “...”
 
 This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks April 13, 2025 The GOP is vacillating between contradictory claims that President Trump’s tariffs are either negotiating tactics “...”
 
 This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks April 6, 2025 As recently as 1900, American colleges and universities educated too few students and did too little research. One w “...”
 
 This column was originally published on the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research Weekly Commentary blog. By Michael Hicks March 29, 2025 The economic forces that built American cities have disappeared. These fundamental economic changes left in their wa “...”