A worker processes wood at a sawmill. (Shutterstock, Vano Vasaio)

Timber Jobs Matter

Conclusions from a Headwaters Economics report on timber-dependent communities in Idaho are incorrect – analyzing the wrong variables and using the wrong statistical test.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines at the G20 Summit in July 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. (Kremlin Pool)

World Economic Outlook

There are a number of reasons why worldwide economic conditions are important to us in Montana. First of all, a large part of the…

The Economic Impact of the Bakken

The American energy boom began with improvements in technology. Advances in geophysics, nanotechnology, engineering and production management led to the shale-energy revolution and a…