Will Guaranteed Income Play in Stockton?
In 1797 Thomas Paine, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, proposed that a “citizen dividend” be paid to each American and funded
Jerry Nickelsburg
January 23, 2018
Author: Jerry Nickelsburg
Adjunct professor of economics at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and senior economist for the UCLA Anderson Forecast.
Why the Housing Crisis Won’t Get Fixed by Building Cheaper Homes
This time of year, the swallows return to Capistrano, and I return to my birthplace, San Francisco, for the city’s annual pre-budget finance conference. For
Jerry Nickelsburg
March 30, 2017
An Election that Shifts the Economic Center West—To the Far East
Did the presidential election change the Pacific Rim as we know it? During these days of transition speculation, there is plenty of talk about what
Jerry Nickelsburg
December 6, 2016
The Unintended Consequences of Extending Proposition 30
In 2012 voters passed Proposition 30—an initiative to raise taxes and take state government finances out of crisis mode. However, the new taxes, primarily falling
Jerry Nickelsburg
November 20, 2015