Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 25, 2011
Today: American exceptionalism; Wichita City Council this week; The Great American Bailout; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka; Kansas Bioscience Authority benefits from exemptions; The presidency in liberal society.
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Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ relevant today
Economics In One Lesson, first published in 1946 and recently reissued by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, explains fallacies (false or mistaken ideas) that are particularly common in the field of economics and public policy.
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Ludwig von Mises: A quick introduction
A short book available online lets readers become acquainted with the ideas of Ludwig von Mises and why his ideas are important to freedom and liberty.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday April 22, 2011
Today: Kansas populism to be topic at Pachyderm; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka.
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Economic competition isn’t like sports
Economic competition and sporting competition aren’t the same thing.
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Why Washington only cut $38 billion: A public choice perspective
Public choice economics helps explain why cutting spending is difficult.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday April 21, 2011
Today: Can anything Think Progress says about the Kochs be believed; Kansas governor on first 100 days; freeloaders come in all types; are taxes the solution; the spontaneous society — centralized planning not required.
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CAP: Class size reduction not effective
The Center for American Progress releases a report on the ineffectiveness of class size reduction.
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Kansas unemployment rate steady, employment up
Recent figures show that while the unemployment rate in Kansas is unchanged at 6.8 percent (seasonally adjusted), the good news is that the number of people in the labor force and the number of people working is rising.
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Huffington Post says ‘tax it all.’ Seriously.
The Huffington Post says taxing 100 percent of the income of the top one percent of earners would cure the deficit.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday April 20, 2011
Today: Regulation as state moneymaker; Kansas populism to be topic at Pachyderm; KPERS to be topic of breakfast meeting; Wichita-area legislators to meet with public.
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Wichitans mislead on Warren IMAX incentives
With the possibility of another IMAX theater being built not too far from Wichita, we now know that Wichitans were mislead in awarding economic development incentives.