I am quoted in this article from National Journal. I will have to expand out my comments at some point obviously.
NBC overreaching on Olympics already
So it took like 4 minutes? I hear the announcer telling me that few things are as beautiful as a mass start in skiing. All the colorful uniforms against the white snow backdrop. Umm, no.
A tale of two cities
The big story for North Dakota is not just about oil in western North Dakota, it is about the adjustments to the underlying economic dynamics in the state. Consider the situation of labor markets in two North Dakota cities, Williston and Grand Forks. These data are for the Williston micropolitan area and the Grand Forks metropolitan area from 1997 to the end of 2013.