“ Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.”
_ Winston Churchill

Previous Meetings

Dan Monticello - Building the Biotechnology Sector in Houston

Vivian Ho, Ph.D.-Are Rising Health Care Costs Inevitable?

Dr. Mark Dotzour - The Economic Outlook for 2009

Dr. Neriman Behravesh - The Outlook for the U.S. and World Economies

Dr. Michelle Michot Foss - Climate Science and Economics: Why Skepticism Matters

Kenneth D. Simonson - A Stimulating Time for Construction?

Matthew Rose - Transportation for Tomorrow

Chris Varvares - This Recovery is for Real: Solid, Sustainable, but Sub Par

Ted Jones - New Business Model for the 2010 Economy Adapt, Mutate, Relocate or Die

Harvey Rosenblum - Economic Outlook for 2010

Dr. Alison Lynn Reaser - U.S. Economic Outlook: Will the Headwinds or Tailwinds Prevail?

Bob Mitchell - "The Future of the Johnson Space Center" and JSC Fact Sheet

NEW!!! Skip York - "North American Oil and Gas Market: Prospects for Recovery"

News

Economic Hangover: Recovery Is Likely To Be Prolonged, Painful

The global financial crisis and the Great Recession of 2008-09 marked the end of a decade that seemed too good to be true for many Americans. After escaping the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 relatively unscathed, the U.S. economy experienced historic booms in stock markets, housing markets and credit markets. Huge increases in households' wealth and borrowing, in turn, supported robust consumer-spending growth and housing investment despite moderate growth of income for most...

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