How Jackson Hole Became an Economic Obsession

About 120 economists will gather this week at Jackson Hole in the Teton range, just north of Jackson, Wyo. Investors and economists are watching the event this week closely. How did a remote Wyoming conference become so central? Filmmakers have Cannes. Billionaires have Davos. Economists? They have Jackson Hole. The world’s most exclusive economic get-together takes place this week in the valley at the base of the Teton mountains, in a lodge that is a scenic 34 miles from Jackson, Wyo. Here, in a western-chic hotel that was donated to...