MONTANA BUSINESS QUARTERLY

Volume 42, Number 1, Spring  2004

Street Smart Economics

by

Norm Millikin, Vince Smith, and Myles Watts

Over the past decade, legislators and educators have recognized that U.S. citizens need to be economically literate to compete in the marketplace and to be successful business leaders. The starting place has to be the school classroom; many states now require economic education in the school system. The Montana Council on Economic Education is involved with several initiatives addressing the state's economic standards.

President Bush Passed the Economics Midterm, How Will He Score on the Final?

The U.S. Outlook

by

Paul E. Polzin

Montana Avoided U.S. Economic Travails of 2001-2003

The Montana Outlook

by

Paul E. Polzin

Travel Industry Outlook and Economics

by

Norma P. Nickerson and James J Wilton

Lack of Health Insurance Plagues Montanans

by

Stephen F. Seninger and Daphne Herling

Outlook for Montana Agriculture

by

Myles Watts

Montana's Manufacturing Industry

by

Charles E. Keegan III, Thale Dillon, Robert Campbell, and Todd A. Morgan

Montana's Forest Products Industry

Current Conditions and 2004 Forecast

by

Charles E. Keegan III, Todd A. Morgan, Steven R. Shook, Francis G. Wagner, Keith A. Blatner