Category: Economics
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Accounting for government like business
Government leaders tell us they want to run government like a business. But does government actually do this, even when accounting for its money?
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Growth of GDP in the states
An interactive visualization of the growth of gross domestic product in the states and regions.
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Charles Koch: How to really turn the economy around
Charles Koch offers insight into why our economy is sluggish, and how to make a positive change.
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For Rep. Tiahrt, Cash for Clunkers was a good spending program
When the Obama Administration needed additional funds for the Cash for Clunkers program, Todd Tiahrt was agreeable to funding this wasteful program.
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Economic development incentives, at the margin
The evaluation of economic development incentives requires thinking at the margin, not the entirety.
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Tactics that hurt the economy
Wichita could innovate and gain attention by opting out of the harmful practice described in the following article.
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Corporate income tax rates in U.S. are self-defeating
Over the past two decades most large industrial countries have reduced their corporate income tax rates. Two countries, however, stand out from this trend: France and The United States.
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Let’s create something special and unique
As a county commissioner I am focused on creating a special advantage for everyone in Sedgwick County. Eliminating the county’s property tax is an idea whose time has come.
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Government employee costs in the states
The states vary widely in levels of state government and local government employees and payroll costs, calculated on a per-person basis. Kansas ranks high in these costs, nationally and among nearby states.
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Krugman on solutions to health care
Economist Paul Krugman offers his advice on the ideal health care system.
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What is the record of economic development incentives?
On the three major questions — Do economic development incentives create new jobs? Are those jobs taken by targeted populations in targeted places? Are incentives, at worst, only moderately revenue negative? — traditional economic development incentives do not fare well.
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End the wind production tax credit
If wind power cannot compete on its own after 20 years without costly special privileges, it never will, writes Lamar Alexander And Mike Pompeo.