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Eye on the Pie: Indiana’s Hispanic Population
When you talk about Hispanics in Indiana, who are you talking about? These Hoosiers didn’t just arrive in the U.S. Most (72%) were born in America; another 9% have been → Read More
America’s leading economic sector?
What drives our economy, boosts Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and should be hailed as the “backbone” of our prosperity? → Read More
Where do we shop in Indiana?
In Indiana, auto and truck dealers, parts suppliers, and gasoline stations are more than twice as common as places to buy food. → Read More
A shocking electric utility decision
On June 29th the IURC rejected a request made by a gaggle of Indiana electric utilities to charge customers for power not used because of the virus sequestration. → Read More
County income imbalance has simple solution
The distribution of income in our state is as cockeyed as the alignment of election districts. → Read More
Marcus: Local assets, aspirations key the future
Building upon existing local assets rather than speculating and conniving to bring a miracle down from the clouds. → Read More
Marcus: INDOT requirements hinder construction growth
Indiana wants to promote small businesses. Construction is a place to do that. → Read More
Marcus: Amazon missing chance to be transformative
I’ve been impressed by the writings on the Amazon call for proposals concerning the location of their second headquarters. → Read More
Morton Marcus: Paying for preventable disasters
Weather disasters are not completely "natural," yet our nation continues to pay weather welfare. → Read More
Morton Marcus: Who moved in when your neighbors left?
Last week’s column in this space left some readers unsatisfied. “It’s all well and good to know about people moving in and out of Indiana, but I want to know about my county,” Malcolm M. of Montezuma wrote. → Read More
Marcus: Hoosiers may not be migrating out so much
We used to be able to say that on Census Day (April 1) in 2010 a certain number of persons with certain characteristics lived in a given place. → Read More
Morton Marcus: Land use is a mayor's Job One
What is the most important job of a mayor? Clearing the streets of snow? Garbage collection? Pot hole filling? Providing jobs? Enforcing the law and local codes? → Read More
Marcus: The pain of being a popular economic statistic
My studies take me all over Indiana with frequent trips into the Data Dungeon. Today I saw Per Capita Personal Income (called PCPI by her Friends) alone and sobbing. Passers-by don’t recognize her despite her popularity and stunning figure. → Read More
Morton Marcus: How much are clergy paid?
Here we are a few months after your daughter’s college graduation and she announces she wants to go into the clergy? → Read More
Marcus: Living in sin isn't what it used to be
ristina Plowmouth objected to last week’s column in this space. That contribution to social and economic awareness focused on the growing phenomenon of people living alone. → Read More
Marcus: Alone and aging in Indiana
“And when did this interest of yours begin?” I asked. → Read More
City and state rankings aren’t worth the attention they get
Last week, several Hoosier newspapers carried a story from U.S. News & World Report ranking Indiana’s government first among the 50 states. → Read More