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Kansas automobile dealers benefit from protectionist law
Read more: Kansas automobile dealers benefit from protectionist lawKansas automobile dealers are protected by a law that restricts the entry of new dealers to a market, and therefore reduces competition and its benefits to the consumer.
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The government-as-business myth
Read more: The government-as-business mythGovernment officials, including those in Wichita, may believe they are operating government like a business. But that can’t happen.
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At Wichita City Council, a big company asks for a forgivable loan
Read more: At Wichita City Council, a big company asks for a forgivable loanJohnson Controls, a very large company, asks the Wichita City Council for a small forgivable loan.
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Wichita economic development: And then what will happen?
Read more: Wichita economic development: And then what will happen?Critics of the economic development policies in use by the City of Wichita are often portrayed as not being able to see and appreciate the good things these policies are producing, even though they are unfolding right before our very eyes. The difference is that some look beyond the immediate — what is seen –…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday October 14, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday October 14, 2011Today: Kansas school reform; Occupy Wall Street vs. Jobs; OWS and Tea Party united?
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Kansas school funding formula is badly broken
Read more: Kansas school funding formula is badly brokenIf the school funding formula is consistently providing more money than necessary to operate schools, we should put the money where it’s really needed or give it back to taxpayers.
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Intellectuals against the people and their freedoms
Read more: Intellectuals against the people and their freedomsWhy are so many opposed to private property and free exchange — capitalism, in other words — in favor of large-scale government interventionism? Lack of knowledge, or ignorance, is one answer, but there is another.
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Economic freedom in America: The decline, and what it means
Read more: Economic freedom in America: The decline, and what it meansThe decline in economic freedom in the U.S. leads to slow growth in the private sector economy and persistently high unemployment.
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Herman Cain: My interview
Read more: Herman Cain: My interviewIn July 2010, some 15 months ago, I had a chance to interview Herman Cain, who is now at or near the top of the polls of Republican presidential candidates. At the time his name was starting to be seen on lists of possible presidential candidates. Following is what I wrote at the time.
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The Wichita Eagle on naysayers: a disservice to Wichita
Read more: The Wichita Eagle on naysayers: a disservice to WichitaWhile the Wichita Eagle criticizes those it calls “naysayers,” it is the newspaper’s editorial board itself that is harmful to the people of Wichita and their economic freedom.