Weighing Texas economic resilience amid tariffs, workforce challenges

Pia Orrenius

Southwest Economy, 2025

Abstract: Ray Perryman, principal of Waco-based The Perryman Group, has been an observer of the Texas economy for more than four decades. He offers his views of what has propelled Texas since the 1980s oil bust and the state’s future prospects, and he recounts how he grew his economics firm.

Keywords: economics; Mexico; trade; Texas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
Note: On the record: A conversation with Ray Perryman. This is an edited and abridged version of a conversation available on the Southwest Economy Podcast.
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