Tag: Economics
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 13, 2011
Today: Wichita City Council; Arts jobs lost already?; American politics, viewed from down under; California parent trigger attacked; Medical board’s powers; Chief Justice to speak in Wichita; More ‘Economics in One Lesson’; Climate change resource launched.
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Rich States, Poor States author to be in Wichita
Kansas Policy Institute and the Wichita Independent Business Association are hosting a breakfast event featuring Jonathan Williams, one of the authors of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday June 6, 2011
Today: Wichita school superintendent to speak; TIF in California and Kansas; More “Economics in One Lesson”; “Running on Empty” tour in Kansas; MRCTV announced; Kansas census data added; Markets: exploitation or empowerment?
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Stossel: The state against blacks
John Stossel’s most recent television program was titled “The State Against Blacks,” and it dealt with the topics of affirmative action, welfare, and the minimum wage.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday June 1, 2011
Today: 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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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday May 31, 2011
Today: 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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Kansas needs a dynamic economic growth policy
A 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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Hawker Beechcraft to receive subsidy from Wichita City Council
The decision by Kansas and Wichita to grant subsidy to Hawker Beechcraft in order to retain existing jobs is not a cause for celebration, as the state moves away from creating a dynamic economy.
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Wichita forgivable loan action raises and illustrates issues
The granting of a forgivable loan by the City of Wichita to The Golf Warehouse raises issues of both economics and politics.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday May 6, 2011
Today: Wichita downtown sites draw little interest; KPERS; more flexibility for school funds; despite “cuts,” spending grows; Sandy Springs a model; states’ war for jobs; shale gas to be topic in Wichita; Economics in one lesson this Monday; voters favor cuts, not tax increases to balance budget; here’s the Kansas data.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday May 3, 2011
Today: Why not school choice in Kansas?; Economics in one lesson this Monday; Sowell on government intervention; Salina’s first TIF district; Charles on energy and stuff; government and entrepreneurship.