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Many want to cut budgets … but
Read more: Many want to cut budgets … butMany people want to cut budgets in general, but specific programs are more difficult to cut, as recent action by the Sedgwick County Commission shows.
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Study looks at spending, strategy in cap and trade debate
Read more: Study looks at spending, strategy in cap and trade debateWhile those who advocate cap and trade legislation charge that conservatives, particularly Charles and David Koch, have outspent them, a study finds the opposite.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 25, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 25, 2011Today: American exceptionalism; Wichita City Council this week; The Great American Bailout; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka; Kansas Bioscience Authority benefits from exemptions; The presidency in liberal society.
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Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ relevant today
Read more: Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ relevant todayEconomics In One Lesson, first published in 1946 and recently reissued by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, explains fallacies (false or mistaken ideas) that are particularly common in the field of economics and public policy.
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Ludwig von Mises: A quick introduction
Read more: Ludwig von Mises: A quick introductionA short book available online lets readers become acquainted with the ideas of Ludwig von Mises and why his ideas are important to freedom and liberty.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday April 22, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday April 22, 2011Today: Kansas populism to be topic at Pachyderm; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka.
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Economic competition isn’t like sports
Read more: Economic competition isn’t like sportsEconomic competition and sporting competition aren’t the same thing.
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Why Washington only cut $38 billion: A public choice perspective
Read more: Why Washington only cut $38 billion: A public choice perspectivePublic choice economics helps explain why cutting spending is difficult.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday April 21, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday April 21, 2011Today: Can anything Think Progress says about the Kochs be believed; Kansas governor on first 100 days; freeloaders come in all types; are taxes the solution; the spontaneous society — centralized planning not required.
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CAP: Class size reduction not effective
Read more: CAP: Class size reduction not effectiveThe Center for American Progress releases a report on the ineffectiveness of class size reduction.
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Kansas unemployment rate steady, employment up
Read more: Kansas unemployment rate steady, employment upRecent figures show that while the unemployment rate in Kansas is unchanged at 6.8 percent (seasonally adjusted), the good news is that the number of people in the labor force and the number of people working is rising.
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Huffington Post says ‘tax it all.’ Seriously.
Read more: Huffington Post says ‘tax it all.’ Seriously.The Huffington Post says taxing 100 percent of the income of the top one percent of earners would cure the deficit.