Author: Bob Weeks
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Despite growth of sharing economy, Wichita relies on centralization
The sharing economy provides for the decentralization and privatization of regulation, but the City of Wichita clings to the old ways.
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Wichita cheers its planned economy
While success in growing a company is welcome in Wichita, there are broader issues that affect the rest of the metropolitan area.
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Wichita perpetuates wasteful system of grants; feels good about it
While praising the U.S. Economic Development Administration for a grant to Wichita State university, Wichita city planners boost the growth of wasteful government spending.
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Video: Jeffrey Tucker, ‘Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World’
Jeffrey A. Tucker, Director of Digital Development at the Foundation for Economic Education, talks about his new book, “Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World” in this presentation at the Wichita Pachyderm Club.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Jeffrey Tucker and ‘Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World’
Jeffrey Tucker talks about his most recent book “Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World” and how Bitcoin and other distributed technologies are affecting the world.
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Wichita ASR water project work accomplished
The $247 million Wichita ASR water project operates at just a fraction of its design capacity.
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In search of a level playing field
A national survey finds that small business leaders overwhelmingly believe that state economic development incentives favor big businesses, that states are overspending on large individual deals, and that state incentive programs are not effectively meeting the needs of small businesses seeking to grow.
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State taxes and charitable giving
States with higher rates of economic growth grow total charitable giving at a faster rate than states with low rates of economic growth, finds a new report by American Legislative Exchange Council.
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Wichita school district checkbook updated
An interactive table of checkbook spending by the Wichita public school district.
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James Chung in Wichita, September 23, 2015
James Chung in Wichita, September 23, 2015.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Sales tax exemptions, criminal justice reform, and charity
Does the elimination of sales tax exemptions hold the solution to Kansas budget problems? We have a problem with overcriminalization and the criminal justice system. Then, is there a difference between government and charity?