Author: Bob Weeks
-
Downtown Wichita regulations on subsidy to be considered
Policies about to be adopted by the City of Wichita means that downtown development is certain to miss out on the benefits of free markets, capitalism, and the dispersed knowledge that only markets can generate and channel.
-
Hawker Beechcraft to receive subsidy from Wichita City Council
The decision by Kansas and Wichita to grant subsidy to Hawker Beechcraft in order to retain existing jobs is not a cause for celebration, as the state moves away from creating a dynamic economy.
-
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 11, 2011
Today: Kansas Arts Commission layoffs; sculpture spending in Wichita; how much more can we soak the rich; school reform in Kansas, this year’s edition; Wichita teacher cuts; real estate to be topic at Pachyderm, followed by tours; immigration.
-
Wichita forgivable loan action raises and illustrates issues
The granting of a forgivable loan by the City of Wichita to The Golf Warehouse raises issues of both economics and politics.
-
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 9, 2011
Today: Airfares down in Wichita; Wichita City Council this week; Joyland topic of British tabloid; educational freedom to be discussed in Wichita; do you want to live in the world of Atlas Shrugged?; who are the real robber barons?
-
Kansas needs large ending balance
The Kansas legislature needs to craft a budget with a large ending balance.
-
Stossel: Follow-up to ‘Freeloaders’
John Stossel has a follow-up show to “Freeloaders.”
-
Forgivable loan a test for new Wichita City Council members
This week three new members of the Wichita City Council have a chance to live up to — or not — their campaign rhetoric.
-
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday May 6, 2011
Today: Wichita downtown sites draw little interest; KPERS; more flexibility for school funds; despite “cuts,” spending grows; Sandy Springs a model; states’ war for jobs; shale gas to be topic in Wichita; Economics in one lesson this Monday; voters favor cuts, not tax increases to balance budget; here’s the Kansas data.
-
The promises politicians make
Government programs often don’t work as promised and cause unintended and harmful consequences.
-
Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 4, 2011
Today: Stripper bill III; Arts Commission funding in; sunshine needed on public pensions and benefits; beyond the debt ceiling headlines.