Posted on · Oil prices are hovering at an uncomfortable $40 a barrel, and aren't expected to rebound anytime soon. For some workers it's starting to sound a lot like the 1980s, when oil prices plummeted and stayed low for years and wreaked havoc on Houston's economy.
Posted on · Texas Monthly writer Evan Mintz says Houston still isn't prepared for another prolonged oil and gas industry bust.
Posted on · Slogging through an economic slowdown after a period of rapid growth can be frustrating. It can also be easy to lose perspective. To gets some of that perspective, we travel back in time 30 years to July of 1986, with the help of Houston Matters' new WABAC machine (…also with the help of an area […]
Posted on · Slogging through an economic slowdown after a period of rapid growth can be frustrating – it can also be easy to lose perspective. On this edition of Houston Matters, we travel back in time 30 years to July of 1986, with the help of Houston Matters' new WABAC machine! Also with the help of an […]