IVN Network logo

Many perspectives, 1 simple etiquette

END. RIGGED. ELECTIONS.
SIGN THE PETITION
 
 

Category: New Economy

Home / New Economy

Independent authors give the latest economy news and analysis through a nonpartisan lens.

Coronavirus Wipes Away Recent Wage Gains for Many California Workers, Report Finds

In the five years before the pandemic, low-income Californians had begun to see substantial wage gains, chipping away at the income inequality gap between California’s haves and have-nots that has wid...

Coronavirus Wipes Away Recent Wage Gains for Many California Workers, Report Finds

New research finds the pandemic has likely stripped away most of the wage gains made after the Great Recession by California’s lowest earners. ...

San Diego Inventors Still Getting a Kick Start in New Ventures

San Diego’s Mohamed Morsy said he had a plan to introduce the world to his latest invention on March 17, but when COVID-19 prompted mandatory stay-at-home orders, he held off. A few weeks ago, Morsy, ...

Small Businesses’ Economic Recovery Will Hinge on Digital Technologies

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us This year has been defined by uncertainty — in homes, businesses, schools, and communities across the state. But one consta...

The Importance of Making San Diego and Tijuana an Inclusive Region

This is an independent commentary. Want to write one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us Over the course of 2020, public health, racial equity and authentic placemaking have surfaced as key issues in ...

With City’s Budget Shortfall, San Diego Charities Prepare for the Worse

San Diego native Deja Fields said Moxie Theatre changed her life six years ago when she was a junior at San Diego Creative and Performing Arts. The small Rolando theater with a mission to empower wome...

Taxpayers Could Take a Hit if SDG&E’s Franchise Expires in January

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us The looming expiration of the city of San Diego’s franchise agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric may not be on your rada...

Still Cooking: Some San Diego Entrepreneurs Open New Eateries During Recession

When Dennis O’Connor co-purchased the vacated Fraser's Boiler Service building in 2015 — he had big plans for the historic Barrio Logan space. It began with creating a production space for his brewery...

Not Dire, For Now: California Expects $26 Billion Windfall Despite Pandemic

The good news: The recession California officials predicted in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic has not been as dire as they thought it would be, leaving the state with a $26 billion windf...

To Pivot or Stay the Course? Catering, Events Professionals Seek Paths to Survive

The COVID-19-related private event cancellations started in February, reaching a crescendo in March as the pandemic closed down travel worldwide. Meetings, conventions and catered private events, incl...

After Gig Companies’ Proposition 22 Win, Labor Groups Vow Challenges

Now that Californians have voted to keep ride-hailing drivers classified as contractors with limited job benefits, unions are shoring up their defenses as labor lawyers eye legal challenges and hope t...

What’s Even Scarier Than SeaWorld’s Spooktacular? A San Diego Without the Marine Park

Her son’s third birthday party and his preschool field trip, those are the SeaWorld memories Anna M. holds dear. As a season passholder, she gushed about how fortunate children in San Diego are to get...
Next page