Tag: Economics
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Southfork TIF should, again, be rejected
The Wichita City Council should reject the formation of a new tax increment financing district in Wichita.
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In Kansas, planning will be captured by special interests
The government planning process started in south-central Kansas will likely be captured by special interest groups that see ways to benefit from the plan. The public choice school of economics and political science has taught us how special interest groups seek favors from government at enormous costs to society, and we will see this at…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 2, 2012
Today: Action on sustainability; Economic development through competitiveness; Those populist Pachyderms; We just don’t understand, they say; Colleges indoctrinate students; Job creation; Markets: exploitation or empowerment?
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Kansas may again resort to government art
Kansas may be ready to restore some state funding for the arts. But for reasons economic, human, and artistic, we ought to keep Kansas government out of art. Kansas should allow people themselves to decide how to spend their own money on what they think is important to them. To implement government funding of art…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 19, 2012
Today: Eisenhower expert to present; Pompeo town hall meeting; Crises of Governments; What are the limits of democracy?
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Rebuilding Joplin
Economic freedom and the price system are guiding resources where needed to rebuild Joplin, Missouri.
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Wind energy split in Kansas
Kansas politicians are split over the the government’s subsidy programs for wind energy.
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Kansas and Wichita lag the nation in tax costs
If we in Kansas and Wichita wonder why our economic growth is slow and our economic development programs don’t seem to be producing results, there is now data to answer the question why: Our tax rates are high — way too high.
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Mike Pompeo: We need capitalism, not cronyism
A big obstacle on the path to restoring limited government in America is cronyism, writes U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo.
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Wichita economic development isn’t working
Economic development in Wichita isn’t working very well. The Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition along with long-serving politicians and bureaucrats need to be held accountable, and our strategy must change.