Tag: Economics
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Employment in metropolitan areas
An interactive visualization of labor force, employment, and unemployment rate for all metropolitan areas in the United States.
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Wichita employment down, year-over-year
At a time Wichita leaders promote forward momentum in the Wichita economy, year-over-year employment has fallen.
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Employment in the states
An interactive visualization of the civilian labor force, employment, and unemployment, for each state.
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Sedgwick County’s David Dennis on economic development
Following the Wichita Mayor, the Chair of the Sedgwick County Commission speaks on economic development.
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Mayor Longwell’s pep talk
A column written by Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell ignores the reality of Wichita’s economy.
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Growing the Wichita economy
Wichita leaders are proud of our region’s economic growth. Here are the numbers.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan
Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute joins Bob and Karl to discuss his new book What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan –- The Undoing of a Good Idea.
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What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan
Tax relief opponents have repeatedly pointed to the 2012 Kansas tax plan as their primary example of why tax cuts do not work. But, other states like North Carolina, Indiana, and Tennessee contemporaneously, and successfully, cut taxes. What was different about the Kansas experience?
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Metro Monitor evaluates the Wichita economy
Metro Monitor from Brookings Institution ranks metropolitan areas on economic performance. How does Wichita fare?
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Unemployment in Kansas
New Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer proudly cites the low Kansas unemployment rate, but there is more to the story.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Sound money and private governance
Professor Edward Stringham joins Karl Peterjohn and Bob Weeks to discuss Bitcoin, sound money, and the role of markets in private governance.
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Kansas GDP growth
Kansas ranks low among the states in growth of gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2017.