Four Impediments to Economic Normalcy

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Written By H. Pike Oliver

In his "Outside the Box" blog posting of July 12, 2010,( at http://tinyurl.com/2a46qlt ) John Mauldin of Investor Insight republished (with permission) a "QuarterlyReview and Outlook Second Quarter 2010" prepared by Van R. Hosington and Lacy H. Hunt of Hoisington Investment Management.  This analysis addresses the question of whether the Great Recession is over and conclude that that the past several quarters may be nothing more than an interlude in a more sustained economic downturn. Mr. Hosington and Dr. Hunt go on to identify and analyze  four impediments to a return to economic normalcy:  1) deficit spending, 2) higher taxes, 3) massive over-indebtedness and 4) and an  impotent Federal Reserve.

H. Pike Oliver

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, H. Pike Oliver has worked on real estate development strategies and master-planned communities since the early 1970s, including nearly eight years at the Irvine Company. He resided in the City of Irvine for five years in the 1980s and nine years in the 1990s.

As the founder and sole proprietor of URBANEXUS, Oliver works on advancing equitable and sustainable real estate development and natural lands management. He is also an affiliate instructor at the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington.

Early in his career, Oliver worked for public agencies, including the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research where he was a principal contributor to An Urban Strategy for California. Prior to relocating to Seattle in 2013, Oliver taught real estate development at Cornell University and directed the undergraduate program in urban and regional studies. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the American Planning Association and a founder and emeritus member of the California Planning Roundtable.

Oliver is a graduate of the urban studies and planning program at San Francisco State University and earned a master’s degree in urban planning at UCLA.

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