E-26: Economic Check-Up with Dr. Walden

<p>Retired William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and extension economist Dr. Walden discusses the current supply chain and workforce issues.</p> <p>Dr. Michael Walden</p> <p>The pandemic has put the economy into a tailspin, leaving supply chain disturbances, workforce vacancies, and spiked inflation in its wake. But what is exactly going on and how long will it last? We’re speaking to a regular guest— economist Dr. Michael Walden, to make sense of current events.</p> <p>Dr. Walden is a retired William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and extension economist at North Carolina State University and a member of the graduate economics faculty with The Poole College of Management. His Ph.D. degree is from Cornell University and he has been at N.C. State since 1978. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Duke University.</p> <p>In this episode, we discuss where the NC and US economy stands today.  Also, about how different factors including the continued global uncertainty of the virus may continue to have an impact for several months to come and more.</p> <p>LINKS</p> <p><a href='https://cals.ncsu.edu/agricultural-and-resource-economics/people/michael-walden/'>Michael Walden</a> <a href='https://www.ncmep.org/'>NCMEP</a> <a href='https://www.ies.ncsu.edu/'>IES</a></p> <p>ABOUT</p> <p>Phil Mintz <a href='https://www.ies.ncsu.edu/staff/phil-mintz/'>Phil Mintz</a> is the Executive Director of NC State Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) and Director of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP). At NCMEP, Phil drives outreach to NC manufacturers, builds relationships with federal and state leaders and coordinates efforts to drive profitable manufacturing growth in the state. He also leads the broader IES Extension Operations outreach unit of regional managers, technical specialists and business development leaders providing business engagement, assessment and improvement tools. This includes statewide peer networks, ISO 9000 quality management systems, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturin