Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas agency revenue
Data regarding State of Kansas agency revenue presented in an interactive visualization, with data through fiscal year 2020.
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Kansas agency expenditures
Data regarding State of Kansas agency spending presented in an interactive visualization, with data through fiscal year 2020.
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Ten Thousand Commandments
Ten Thousand Commandments is the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s annual survey of the size, scope, and cost of federal regulations, and how they affect American consumers, businesses, and the U.S. economy at large.
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Effects of pandemic on employment in states
The effects of the response to the pandemic vary widely among the states.
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Kansas jobs, December 2020
In Kansas for December 2020, the labor force shrank while the number of people working rose, resulting in a drop in the unemployment rate.
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The Unintended Consequences of Minimum Wage Hikes
A minimum wage determined by politics, rather than economic reality, may help some, but it harms others, including many of the most vulnerable workers among us: those with limited skills or job experience. Click here for article from Independent Institute.
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How to Make the BLS Better
The BLS is rightfully regarded as an objective, data-focused organization whose efforts are essential to a better understanding of the US economy. Its data collection and analysis set the professional standard for many economists to follow. However, ordinary Americans would have great difficulty using the BLS?s data resources to answer their own questions about the…
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Would Markets Have Handled the Vaccine Rollout Better Than Government?
It’s a pretty big mess, but one that provides some teachable moments.
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The Distorted Minimum Wage Debate
It sometimes feels as if advocates and opponents of minimum wage hikes are talking in different universes. In large part, that stems from completely opposite interpretations of the balance of the academic literature on the subject.
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Visualization: Kansas 2020 presidential election
An interactive visualization of the 2020 general election for president in Kansas, at the precinct level.

