Category: Economics
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Kansas fiscal experiment
Those evaluating the Kansas fiscal “experiment” should consider what is the relevant input variable.
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Wichita officials, newspaper, just don’t get it on Ex-Im Bank
Wichita’s establishment prefers cronyism over capitalism.
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Bombardier can be a learning experience
The unfortunate news of the cancellation of a new aircraft program can be a learning opportunity for Wichita.
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Wichita’s growth in gross domestic product
An interactive visualization of gross domestic product for metropolitan areas.
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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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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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James Chung in Wichita, September 23, 2015
James Chung in Wichita, September 23, 2015.
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Kansas private nonfarm employment by county
An interactive visualization of private nonfarm employment in Kansas, for each county.
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Introduction to Austrian Economics
“For Austrians, on the other hand, man is a purposeful being. … He has spirit and will.” The author of these remarks, Dr. Richard Ebeling, delivered a lecture on Austrian Economics to an audience in Wichita.
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Austrian economics to be explained
A breakfast meeting in Wichita features Richard M. Ebeling, Ph.D. speaking on Austrian Economics.
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Quarterly gross domestic product by state
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is releasing prototype quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) by state statistics for 2005–2014. Here is an interactive visualization.
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Some good news on federal spending
According to Dan Mitchell, “First, we made a lot of fiscal progress between 2009 and 2014 because various battles over debt limits, shutdowns, and sequestration actually did result in real spending discipline.” Couple that with some (slow) growth in the economy, and as a result, federal spending as a percentage of GDP has declined.