Christopher.Westley, Author at Gulfshore Business

Back in the days when I ran Florida Gulf Coast University’s Regional Economic Research Institute, I made regular presentations on...

As someone who, back in the day, graduated with a bachelor’s degree and entered the labor force with little understanding...

I remember my first Amazon purchase in the 1990s, a time of Clinton-Lewinsky, O.J. Simpson, Brett Favre and grunge music....

Florida Man gets very few breaks. A running joke in some quarters, “Florida Man” refers to news stories about those...

Scanning a newspaper recently, I came across a positive business story. It was about a recent Edelman Trust survey on...

It’s important to study the economy of the 1930s—because those who ignore economic history are doomed to repeat it. I...

Workforce housing in Southwest Florida was at crisis levels prior to Hurricane Ian. Now the situation is much, much worse....

Many moons ago, not long after graduating from Naples High, I remember a bittersweet conversation with old friends with whom...

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