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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday April 25, 2012
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday April 25, 2012Today: Income growth in Kansas and Sedgwick County; Tax reform is needed in Kansas; Protect us from onion prices; Silencing ALEC; TSA in Wichita, and in general; An extra comma; If I wanted America to fail.
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Regulation for the sake of business
Read more: Regulation for the sake of businessThere are many examples of how the conventional wisdom regarding regulation is wrong, That wisdom being Republicans and conservatives are in bed with government, seeking to unshackle business from the burden of government regulation. Democrats and liberals, on the other hand, are busily crafting regulations to protect the middle class from the evils of big…
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In Kansas, tax reform is about job creation
Read more: In Kansas, tax reform is about job creationTwo groups working to create a more competitive economic environment in Kansas are Americans for Prosperity, Kansas and Kansas Policy Institute. Their video commercial from earlier this year that explains the urgent situation in Kansas is below.
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Rich States, Poor States 2012 edition released
Read more: Rich States, Poor States 2012 edition releasedThis month American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released the fifth edition of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index. As in the past, Kansas performs in the middle of the pack in one measure, below average in another, with little or no progress achieved in making Kansas competitive with other states.
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Myth: Reliance on markets leads to monopoly
Read more: Myth: Reliance on markets leads to monopolyWhile many believe that free markets tend to produce monopolies, it is actually government that is the grantor and protector of monopoly rights. Market competition works against monopoly power.
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Myth: Markets promote greed and selfishness
Read more: Myth: Markets promote greed and selfishnessMarkets make it possible for the most altruistic, as well as the most selfish, to advance their purposes in peace, writes Tom G. Palmer.
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In Kansas, STAR bonds vote uplifted cronyism over capitalism
Read more: In Kansas, STAR bonds vote uplifted cronyism over capitalismIn Kansas, many purportedly fiscally conservative members of the House and Senate voted to uplift cronyism over capitalism by extending the STAR bonds program.
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Intentions and results
Read more: Intentions and resultsWhen thinking about government policies, we must be extremely careful to distinguish between intentions and results, says Professor Don Boudreaux in a short video.
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Myth: Markets are immoral or amoral
Read more: Myth: Markets are immoral or amoralAre markets moral or immoral? Tom G. Palmer responds to the myth that there is no morality in market exchange.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 23, 2012
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 23, 2012Today: Proclamations for this week; American Exceptionalism to be topic; Taxpayer-funded lobbying; Kansas Policy Institute advertisement. Wichita Eagle editorial board.
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Attacks on ALEC hypocritical and unfair
Read more: Attacks on ALEC hypocritical and unfairLeftists don’t like the policies ALEC promotes, so they are using intimidation tactics to shut it down. It’s that simple. They are within their rights to do this, but let’s at least recognize that it flows not from any problem with how ALEC operates, but from the most transparent political motives.
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Raising minimum wage not the solution
Read more: Raising minimum wage not the solutionAs calls mount to raise the federal minimum wage, we need to remember that this law — as well-intentioned as it may be — is not the solution to unemployment or raising the standard of living of workers.