A trans-disciplinary researcher with an interest in service-sector consumer behavior, Babu George, Ph.D., has joined the Alaska Pacific University faculty in the Business Administration Department. George, who arrived from his…
Master of Business Administration
A Tale of 3 Continents
I’ve just spent a week in Europe and it got me thinking of the similar, but different, economic troubles facing the major world economies. Europeans seem concerned but not frantic…
Market Volatility and the Flight to Quality
When fear grips investors and money flows out of the stock market, it flows into the Treasury Bond market in a flight to quality. The result is higher prices for…
From Tim Geithner: What the world must do to boost growth
The US Treasury Secretary suggests that the world must do three things to boost growth: 1. US should act to strengthen growth and employment 2. Europe must work on putting…
DJIA or Fear Index?
Dow Jones Industrial average is jittery. So what does this mean? The media would tell you that the markets are jittery because S&P downgraded T bills and that a double-dip…
The Debt Ceiling – beyond the media hysteria
The media loves politics, especially presidential election politics, so the frenzy about the debt ceiling is not surprising. But, beyond the politics (which I do not claim to understand better…
