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As A One-Handed Economist, Ned Hill provides straight talk on business and markets to industry leaders looking for a new perspective. Dr. Hill is Professor of Public Administration and City & Regional Planning at The Ohio State University's John Glenn College of Public Affairs and a member of the College of Engineering’s Ohio Manufacturing Institute. He came to OSU after serving as Dean of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs and Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Economic Development at Cleveland State University. He has also been editor of Economic Development Quarterly and Chair of the National Advisory Board of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. The Ohio Manufacturers Association’s Board of Directors presented Mr. Hill with the Legacy Award in 2005 and again in 2016 for his work on behalf of Ohio’s manufacturers. He earned his Ph.D. in both urban and regional planning and economics from MIT, and now teaches the doctoral seminar in public economics in the Glenn College as well as classes in economic development and state and local public policy at the Glenn College and OSU’s City and Regional Planning program.
30 07, 2019

Lordstown Family Feud

By |2019-08-01T17:55:22+00:00July 30th, 2019|Business, Manufacturing, Ned Hill, One-Handed Economist|Comments Off on Lordstown Family Feud

After releasing The Trade Skirmish of 2018, a policy report on the early evidence on the economic effects of the tariff actions by the U.S. and global retaliation (http://glenn.osu.edu/research/) in April, I was asked to referee a family feud.  What follows is an edited version of the question and an expanded version of my answer. Good morning Mr. Hill, I am trying to understand what factors led GM to close the plant in Lordstown, Ohio. My cousin and I argue about Donald Trump and his policies non-stop. My cousin says that Lordstown has nothing to do with steel tariffs [...]

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29 10, 2018

A Timely Lesson from our First President About Tolerance

By |2018-11-07T16:04:05+00:00October 29th, 2018|Ned Hill, Policy, Presidents|Comments Off on A Timely Lesson from our First President About Tolerance

George Washington’s Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island By Ned Hill, A One-Handed Economist, and Professor of Public Administration and City & Regional Planning at The Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs, powered by The MPI Group On August 17, 1790, Moses Seixas, the Warden of Newport Rhode Island’s Synagogue Yeshuat Israel, read his letter of welcome to President George Washington: Permit the children of the stock of Abraham to … join with our fellow citizens in welcoming you to Newport… President Washington had two reasons for traveling to Newport. The professed reason was to recognize [...]

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