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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday June 5, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday June 5, 2011Today: Wichita City Council this week; Resources on Austrian economics; Wichita Save-A-Lot owner commended; Pompeo forum.
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Sedgwick County, Golf Warehouse, reveal shortcomings in procedure
Read more: Sedgwick County, Golf Warehouse, reveal shortcomings in procedureA decision by the Sedgwick County Commission to grant a forgivable loan of $48,000 to The Golf Warehouse is yet another example of local government relying on corporate welfare as economic development, and exposes how little deliberation is given to making these decisions.
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Arts won’t go away in Kansas
Read more: Arts won’t go away in KansasAround the country Kansas is being portrayed by government arts supporters as having taken a giant step backwards. For those who value the tenets of classical liberalism — liberty, individualism, skepticism about power, spontaneous order, free markets, limited government, and peace, to name a few — Kansas has moved forward. It’s sad and telling that…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday June 1, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday June 1, 2011Today: Transportation planning; Pompeo, Huelskamp ‘no’ on debt limit; This Week in Kansas; Kingman is the first; Legislature is through for season; Stossel looks at energy.
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In Wichita, corporate welfare not needed, after all
Read more: In Wichita, corporate welfare not needed, after allAnnouncement of a new developer proceeding with a Save-A-Lot grocery store project — without any of the subsidies Wichita approved — raises questions as to whether the city’s original offer of public assistance was genuine economic development, or just another instance of corporate welfare.
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Kansas needs truth about schools
Read more: Kansas needs truth about schoolsKansas needs an honest assessment of the performance of its schools from education commissioner Diane M. DeBacker.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday May 31, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday May 31, 2011Today: Pachyderm to feature DA Foulston; Sedgwick County Commission; Kansas budget signed; KPERS suit threatened; Stimulus jobs — or not; Government doesn’t create jobs.
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What’s really the matter with Kansas
Read more: What’s really the matter with KansasKansas will continue to suffer the economic stagnation we’ve seen over the last decade until we stop valuing government jobs over private sector jobs.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 25, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 25, 2011Today: The failure of American schools; Professors to Koch Brothers: Take your green back; History and legacy of Kansas populism; Federal grants seen to raise future local spending; Debt observed as sold.
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Kansas needs a dynamic economic growth policy
Read more: Kansas needs a dynamic economic growth policyA dynamic market where many new business startups attempt to succeed and thrive while letting old, unproductive firms die is what contributes to productivity and economic growth. But most economic development policies, including those of Kansas and Wichita, do not encourage this dynamism, and in fact, work against it.
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Pickens criticism illustrates divide between free markets and intervention
Read more: Pickens criticism illustrates divide between free markets and interventionCriticism by energy investor T. Boone Pickens of U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo and Koch Industries continues to illustrate the difference between those who believe in economic freedom and free markets, and those — like Pickens — who invest in politicians, bureaucrats, and the hope of a government subsidy.