GM: How Will Its Decline Effect Michigan's Economy (w/ Jim Luke)

In this video Econ Professor Jim Luke (Lansing Community College, http://jimluke.com/) talks about the possible economic issues that could arise from the decline of General Motors.
For more econ information, visit Jim Luke's websites at:
http://econproph.com
http://plansolutions.com/


Jim's background in his own words:
My Educational Background:
After taking some time off after high school (and deciding I didnt really want to work in a warehouse my whole life), I attended Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio for my undergraduate and masters degrees. I attained:

B.S. Business Finance (1977)
B.A. Communication (1977)
MBA with major in Marketing (1982)
M.S. Social and Applied Economics (1989)
After I moved to Michigan in 1985, I started at Wayne State University in 1987 and started working towards my Ph.D. in Economics. I completed all the course work towards a Ph.D. except for dissertation when my studies got interrupted in the early 1990s. My fields of specialization in economics are: the history of economic thought, economic history, labor/human resource economics, industrial organization, and the economics of intellectual
property & innovation.

My Work Background
Ive had a diverse work career. Academically, Ive taught full-time for over 12 years. Five years were at Madonna
University in Livonia, MI in the late 1980s-to early 1990s. I took a full-time appointment as professor of economics at Lansing Community College in 2002, where Ive taught ever since. In addition to full-time teaching, Ive taught as an adjunct since 1984 at schools including Monterey Peninsula College (California), Henry Ford Community College, and Walsh College.

Ive also had extensive corporate experience. I have worked for the NCR Corp and the Mead Corp. in Dayton, Ohio as both a software/process analyst and as the director of business & market planning. I also started and operated my own business planning consulting firm called Planning Solutions Group. In 16 years of business, Planning Solutions developed business plans, market analyses, technology plans, and strategy for clients which included Mead, Kraft, Georgia-Pacific, Avenor (Canada), A.O.Smith, and Covisint. All of these kinds are work are, in fact, nothing more than applied micro-economic analyses.

From 1996-2000, Planning Solutions was involved in attempting to start and develop an Internet-based industrial marketplace startup. We ultimately didnt succeed, but we did develop some new, innovative technology, including a U.S. Patent. It may not have succeeded as a business, but I learned a lot about investment banking, venture capital, and technology in the process.

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News & Politics

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Hey, Jim

Good to see your face again.

--John Sase