Puget Sound Naval Shipyard shoulders a big load, with growing challenges | Jon Talton
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Navel Base Kitsap in Bremerton is the point of the maintenance spear in a great power competition with China. But...
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Jon Talton
Talton writes about business and the Pacific Northwest economy in the Sunday Seattle Times.
People are quitting their jobs in record numbers. What will they do instead? | Jon Talton
People are voluntarily leaving their jobs in record numbers. The reasons are many and no one knows how long it will last, writes economy columnist...
Higher inflation is real, but we’re not returning to the 1970s | Jon Talton
Rising prices have consumers and investors spooked, writes economy columnist Jon Talton. Now the Federal Reserve will face a tough balancing act. But this isn't...
Mayor-elect Bruce Harrell faces critical challenges with Seattle’s economy | Jon Talton
Empty offices, rising crime and worsening homelessness are putting this once Superstar City's future at risk, writes economy columnist Jon Talton.
Tax-cut mantra proves strong, but it’s still wrong | Jon Talton
President Joe Biden's and Democrats' big plans to overhaul taxes have run aground. Mostly, we're left with the same system that rewards the richest and...
The planet’s future is on the line at Glasgow climate summit | Jon Talton
The climate summit in Scotland is the latest effort to get nations to reduce their carbon emissions, which have kept rising since the Paris accords....
Supply chain disruptions show a fragile, risky system | Jon Talton
It took COVID-19 to expose the dangers of our complex, overly centralized global economy, writes columnist Jon Talton. Relief is months away as the gridlock...
Downtown Seattle’s troubles go beyond the pandemic | Jon Talton
The pandemic isn't the only thing keeping employees from returning to the office. Downtown has other all-too-visible problems, and ignoring its trouble will hurt all...
Historic opportunity to rebuild America’s infrastructure could be slipping away | Jon Talton
President Biden is trying to reverse decades of stagnant federal investment in infrastructure, which benefits the economy by improving productivity, supply chains and more. But...
Behind the debt-ceiling crisis, a deeper problem | Jon Talton
The federal government is again running up against an arbitrary barrier, with default and recession waiting. It shouldn't happen, writes columnist Jon Talton.