Author: Bob Weeks
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Could drug price regulation produce good and not harm?
A sampling of criticism of drug price controls.
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Rethinking the city and the community for a post-pandemic world
How has the pandemic affected cities in general and Wichita specifically, and what are implications for the future?
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Kansas general fund spending and receipts
The Kansas budget is volatile, with rising spending and a large deficit.
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Kansas spending
Kansas governmental spending from several perspectives.
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Swamp refilling itself
Although there has been progress, cronyism and the swamp may be renewed in Washington.
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Wichita economic development examined
“What may look like economic growth on the surface ends up being, upon closer scrutiny, an expensive exercise in the rearrangement of existing business activity.”
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Updated: Presidential data explorer
Explore the economic record of presidents through the lens of data, with new updates for August.
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Kansas tax revenue, August 2020
For August 2020, total Kansas tax revenue fell by 43 percent from July, reflecting the tax deadline postponement from April to July.
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Wichita jobs and employment, July 2020
For the Wichita metropolitan area in July 2020, the number of unemployed persons is up, the unemployment rate is up, and the number of people working is down, all by large amounts, when compared to the same month one year ago. The recent trend, however, is positive, and the effects of the pandemic have been…


