It’s Getting Hot in Here

It’s Getting Hot in Here

by | Oct 3, 2024 | 50th, Perspective

Over our fifty-year history, no policy topic has evolved as profoundly as climate change—or, as it was once called, global warming. Neither term was frequently used in 1974, when our company was founded, but usage and attention began to creep up in the mid-80s. The...
From local roots to national impact

From local roots to national impact

by | Aug 19, 2024 | 50th, Perspective

1974: A regional firm Long before the internet and access to well-connected airports, ECOnorthwest’s earliest work was concentrated in the several hours driving radius around our founding office in Eugene, Oregon. We found plenty of public policy questions as our...
In Pursuit of Equity

In Pursuit of Equity

by | Jul 24, 2024 | 50th, Perspective

For most of our 50-year history, ECOnorthwest organized itself as an economic consulting firm. “ECO” stands for Economic Consultants of Oregon, our founder held a PhD in economics, and, for many years, the firm’s talent pipeline started in the University of Oregon’s...
ECO’s Education and Social Policy Practice

ECO’s Education and Social Policy Practice

by | Jun 19, 2024 | 50th, Perspective

Providing opportunities so that all people can realize their full potential is first and foremost a moral imperative. It’s also an economic one. The collective knowledge, skills, and experience of a population are the key determinants of regional competitiveness and...
50 Years of Place-Based Work at ECO

50 Years of Place-Based Work at ECO

by | May 8, 2024 | 50th, Perspective

Economists have called cities humankind’s greatest invention. Physicists have likened cities to living organisms with boulevards serving as blood vessels and back alleys as capillaries. Why some thrive, and others don’t, is a question that goes back centuries. Few...