Kramer: Shared assets and unspoken expectations
By Edward Kramer With young children at home, my family has a common saying: “Share with your brother/sister.” Interestingly, sharing can be as difficult for adult siblings as for their younger selves, though the stakes are higher. Adult children are asked to share the family farm, beach house or mountain cabin — and, to complicate Read More →
McKay: Creating brand identity, personality essential
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Balbien: Game theory can reform health care industry
By Joel Balbien Economists use game theory to model interactions among patients and doctors where there is strategic behavior by agents who understand that their actions affect the actions of others. It is assumed that each agent has a best response to the actions of all other players, and that this can lead to predictable Read More →
Apfelthaler: Landscape of hospitality careers changing
By Gerhard Apfelthaler Last year, Los Angeles County set another tourism record with 48.3 million visitors. In Ventura County, travel spending rose from roughly $1.1 billion in 2000 to $1.7 billion in 2016. In Santa Barbara County, the industry saw similar increases, from $1.3 billion to $2.1 billion. Local tax receipts related to travel spending Read More →
Skenderian: Girl Scouts are our future leaders
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Huffman: Online community college would ensure access
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Lesh: A college education should not be free
By Kirk Lesh Many people, including policymakers, have advocated that college tuition should be reduced or be free. From an economic and societal perspective, this is a bad idea. The American taxpayer is not keen on giving people money for nothing. Instead, we, as a society, need to think of better ways to help young Read More →
