Columns by Gregg Erickson
Erickson & Associates principal Gregg Erickson has been writing newspaper columns since the 1990s. Columns appearing in the Anchorage Daily News and the Juneau Empire from January 2007 through November 2008 can be downloaded here by clicking on the link. This list will be updated every quarter, and at each update we will try to add at least a few earlier essays.
- Should Permanent Fund managers stick to philosophy? (PDF, 112Kb)
[Nov 29, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Alaska's impermanent permanent fund (PDF, 561Kb)
[Nov 23, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Likely cure for borrowing is more debt (PDF, 61Kb)
[Oct 11, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Alaska better positioned to weather financial crisis (PDF, 75Kb)
[Sep 28, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Following Murkowski a stroke of luck for Palin (PDF, 64Kb)
[Sep 14, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Rating Gov. Sarah Palin against her predecessors (PDF, 77Kb)
[Sep 14, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Ranking Gov. Palin's term (PDF, 64Kb)
[Sep 07, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Among the governors of Alaska, Egan was tops (PDF, 58Kb)
[Sep 07, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Regime change needed at school district (PDF, 74Kb)
[Aug 25, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Red-state socialists? (PDF, 76Kb)
[Jul 13, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Palin rebate proposal makes sense (PDF, 62Kb)
[Jul 13, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Juneau property values drop, but collapse unlikely (PDF, 75Kb)
[Jun 29, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Consumer debt crisis looms on horizon (PDF, 60Kb)
[Jun 15, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Consumer spending, inflation data provide grounds for anxiety (PDF, 75Kb)
[Jun 15, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Road boosters close eyes to moral issue (PDF, 74Kb)
[Jun 01, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Palin's plan fails common sense tests (PDF, 60Kb)
[May 18, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Palin's subsidy plans suppress conservation (PDF, 76Kb)
[May 18, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - New power rates set to overcollect (PDF, 605Kb)
[Apr 27, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - All Alaskans should share oil windfall (PDF, 64Kb)
[Apr 06, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Should Alaska's oil windfall be shared with citizens? (PDF, 75Kb)
[Apr 06, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - The recession and Juneau's economic prospects (PDF, 60Kb)
[Mar 09, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Health chief for state gets cold shoulder (PDF, 60Kb)
[Feb 24, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Legislators lose confidence in top state commissioner (PDF, 60Kb)
[Feb 24, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Juneau weathered well during Great Depression (PDF, 60Kb)
[Feb 10, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Oncoming recession to challenge state (PDF, 60Kb)
[Jan 27, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Oncoming recession challenges Alaska’s economic prospects (PDF, 64Kb)
[Jan 24, 2008: Anchorage Daily News ] - Oncoming recession challenges Alaska’s economic prospects (PDF, 64Kb)
[Jan 24, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Consider families-first fiscal plan (PDF, 64Kb)
[Jan 13, 2008: Juneau Empire ] - Give surplus to Alaskans; Legislature can't be trusted (PDF, 68Kb)
[Dec 30, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Climate for tax hike was unexpected (PDF, 76Kb)
[Dec 02, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Tax windfall eyed for savings, but capital budget beckons (PDF, 52Kb)
[Dec 02, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - China's policies may crack in downturn (PDF, 76Kb)
[Nov 04, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Lack of democracy magnifies risks of China's boom (PDF, 60Kb)
[Nov 04, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Asia may suggest when, how Alaska's economy will cool (PDF, 76Kb)
[Sep 30, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Analyzing the economics of death (PDF, 56Kb)
[Sep 02, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Is it how long we live, or how well? (PDF, 76Kb)
[Aug 26, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Legislative move no answer to corruption (PDF, 52Kb)
[Aug 05, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Capital move no answer to corruption (PDF, 64Kb)
[Jul 28, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Why can't we all bribe a politician? (PDF, 60Kb)
[Jul 08, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Wealthy, powerful profit from bribery (PDF, 76Kb)
It seems the rules on bribes are shifty.
[Jul 01, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Scandal shaped session (PDF, 56Kb)
[Jun 10, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Leadership lacking at session’s end (PDF, 76Kb)
[Jun 03, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Palin's troubling choice (PDF, 56Kb)
[May 15, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Alaska mustn't give up right to tax (PDF, 76Kb)
Gov. Sarah Palin, you made a troubling choice when you chose economic development over democracy in your top-priority gas pipeline legislation.
[May 07, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Changing state-oil power relationship (PDF, 60Kb)
[Apr 15, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Legislators face critical fight over gas (PDF, 76Kb)
[Apr 08, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Parnell trashes petition for Alaska's independence (PDF, 60Kb)
[Mar 25, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Independence should be an option (PDF, 76Kb)
The union of Alaska with the United States is again safe, thanks to the vigilance of Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell and the Alaska Supreme Court.
[Mar 11, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - Put a stop to the revolving door (PDF, 60Kb)
[Feb 15, 2007: Juneau Empire ] - Lock the revolving job door in Juneau (PDF, 76Kb)
[Feb 11, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ] - State subsidies won't speed gas line (PDF, 76Kb)
It may be time for Alaskans to consider the possibility that there is only a slim chance that North Slope natural gas will get to market anytime soon.
[Jan 14, 2007: Anchorage Daily News ]