John S. Wolfe

My final class in the Executive MBA program at Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business was Saturday. Graduation is May 15. The future is now. What was the program like? What did it involve? Was it tough? Are you happy with your decision to go back to school? What will you do next? [...]

One of my favorite classes at ASU was Managerial Economics, taught by the incredible Bill Boyes. A self-proclaimed libertarian, Professor Boyes projects a “free market” paradigm on every issue, asking students to consider “what if” the usual “solutions” — i.e. government involvement — weren’t in place. One can list items like national defense, environmental protection, [...]

These are some observations gleaned from the recent international practicum of Executive MBA students at Arizona State University in Chile and Peru. It’s kind of unsettling to get lessons in federal fiscal prudence from individuals from Chile. The long and thin South American country along the Pacific Ocean – picture Texas squeezed into a 100-mile-wide [...]