Journal Article
On the Record: A Conversation with Judge Ed Emmett
Weiss, Michael (2017-10)
Edward M. Emmett became Harris County judge in 2007. He is the chief administrative officer and director of emergency management in the county, which includes most of the city of Houston. He recently released a 15-point plan to prevent future flooding disasters. Harris County is the third-most populous U.S. county, accounting for two-thirds of the Houston metropolitan statistical area?s population of 6.8 million people.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q4 , Pages 8-9

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On the record: Texas students often lack skills, financial knowledge for college success
Weiss, Michael (2014-04)
Jeff Webster is assistant vice president for research and analytical services for TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp.), a nonprofit that promotes educational access and administers the Federal Family Education Loan Program. He has studied student loan default, debt burden and student retention.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q2 , Pages 8-9

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Underemployment poses long-term financial risk to more workers
Kumar, Anil; Weiss, Michael (2011-07)
The underemployed and the discouraged?those who have given up trying to find work? are additional indicators of labor dislocation.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q3 , Pages 16-19

Journal Article
Dallas Booms Through Texas Oil Bust
Weiss, Michael; Assanie, Laila; Orrenius, Pia M. (2017-01)
The Dallas metropolitan division?s economy, buttressed by business relocations and consolidations, has expanded steadily since 2010, following the Great Recession. Growth sectors, which included business and financial services, defense and security, and transportation, powered Dallas and helped it pace the Texas economy after the energy price collapse.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q1 , Pages 11-14

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Semiconductors Key to Global Growth; Geographic Supply Risks Loom
Weiss, Michael (2021)
Tuttle, CEO of Silicon Labs in Austin, shares his insights on current issues in the semiconductor industry and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Southwest Economy , Issue Fourth Quarter

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On the record: a conversation with Annise Parker - playing to Houston’s strengths: internationalism, energy, innovation
Weiss, Michael (2016-04)
Annise Parker?s six years as Houston?s 61st mayor concluded in January. She was previously city comptroller and served on the city council. Parker, a second-generation Houstonian, earlier spent 20 years in the energy industry. She reviews her time in public service and the challenges Texas? largest city confronts.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q2 , Pages 8-9

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Cross-Border Manufacturing Rises from Pandemic Lows
Weiss, Michael (2022)
Fabiola Luna, president of the Association of Maquiladoras, Index Ciudad Juárez, dicusses cross-border trade and the impact of the pandemic.
Southwest Economy , Issue First Quarter

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On the record: you can go home again: Mexican migrants return in record numbers
Weiss, Michael (2013-10)
Agustn Escobar Latap is a research professor at the Center for Research and Higher Learning in Social Anthropology in Guadalajara, Mexico, and is a member of Mexico?s National Academy of Sciences. A specialist in Mexican social policy and migration, he discusses the southward return of migrants and its implications.
Southwest Economy , Issue Q4 , Pages 8-9

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On the Record: A Conversation with Gary A. Hoover - Looking to Economics for Help in Addressing Enduring Discrimination
Weiss, Michael (2020)
Gary A. Hoover holds a President’s Associates Presidential Professorship and is chairman of the Economics Department at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He specializes in policy analysis of income distribution and poverty, public finance and ethics in economics.
Southwest Economy , Issue Third Quarter

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On the Record: A Conversation with Fang Yang - Policy Changes Could Boost Women’s Participation in U.S. Workforce
Weiss, Michael (2020)
Fang Yang, associate professor of economics at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, discusses the labor market impacts of tax policy, an evolving U.S. workforce, the effects of gender and an aging population.
Southwest Economy , Issue First Quarter