Region Focus

Summer 2007

Cover Story: Democracy and Other Failures — The theory of public choice helps explain why we get stuck with so many bad economic policies. Or does it?

Spring 2007

Cover Story: Academic Alternatives ? The theory of school choice sounds great, but it remains controversial. Now, evidence from programs like the one in Milwaukee is beginning to move the discussion from the theoretical to the practical

Winter 2007

Cover Story: Options on the Outs — The popularity of employee stock options is expected to wane with the adoption of a new accounting rule

Fall 2006

Cover Story: Charged by the Market- Electricity deregulation is finally starting to stir up retail competition in Maryland

Summer 2006

Cover story: $afety First: When markets work, it pays for companies to have safer workplaces, including the coalfields of Virginia and West Virginia

Spring 2006

Cover Story: The End of the "Free" Ride: Tolls bring home the true cost of roads

Winter 2006

Cover Story: Family Portrait: Life is hard in one of Baltimore's toughest neighborhoods.

Fall 2005

Cover Story: Minds Matter: Early childhood education meets economic development.

Summer 2005

Cover Story: Lights Out: Three years after the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, questions are mounting about unintended consequences for hundreds of U.S. firms

Spring 2005

Cover Story: Homeward Bound: Housing markets work just fine for most people. But certain markets in the Fifth District aren't producing homes and apartments that working families can afford

Winter 2005

Cover Story: Branch Bonanza: They cost a lot, but customers can't get enough of them. Why bank branches won't go away

Fall 2004

Cover Story: Why Cities Grow: Economist Richard Florida argues that cities must attract young, talented workers – what he dubs the "creative class" – if they want to prosper. Is he right? And is there anything new about his theory?

Summer 2004

Cover Story: The Road To Recovery: Retraining programs throughout the Fifth District are preparing displaced manufacturing workers for new niches in the global economy

Spring 2004

Cover Story: Working for Health Care: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Is Commonplace, But It's One of Many Factors Distorting the Market for Medical Services

Winter 2004

Cover Story: Global Gain, Local Pain: The Globalization of Manufacturing Has Produced Cheaper Goods for Everyone, but the Trend Has Cost Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in the Fifth District

Fall 2003

Cover Story: Building in Uncle Sam's Backyard: Several Factors Distinguish Commercial Development in Washington, D.C., From Other Real Estate Markets

Summer 2003

Cover Story: Dollars and Defense: A Closer Look at How Military Spending Affects Fifth District Communities in Times of War and Peace

Spring 2003

Cover Story: Running on Empty? While the Fifth District's water supply outlook isn't as dry as you might think, the region could benefit from water policy reform.