Gochnour weighs in on D.C.’s dysfunction, its economic effects
Natalie Gochnour, an associate dean at the David Eccles School of Business and the chief economist for the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce, recently penned a thoughtful piece for Utah Business magazine about how the political shenanigans in the nation’s capitol put the country’s economy at risk.
“The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes observed that without government, the life of man becomes “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short,” Gochnour writes. “Lately it’s seemed just the opposite—with government our economic lives are at risk. It’s as if we have a heart attack every three months, gradually ruining our economic health, causing self-imposed economic pain and diminishing our standing in the world.
“There’s got to be a better way.”
You can read the complete article here, and find out what Gochnour believes to be that better way.
