Tag: Free markets
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ALEC should resist liberal pressure groups
Liberals can’t stand American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) because it is a strong and influential advocate for free market and limited government principals in state legislatures, and as a result are smearing it with unfounded charges of racism.
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Kansas should improve economic climate, rely less on incentives
Kansas has a history of giving incentives to attract business. Despite this, businesses are leaving, and taking jobs and revenue with them, writes Maurice McTigue of the Mercatus Center.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday April 3, 2012
Today: Arts funding; Arts censorship; Comparison of state comparisons; Ryan tax plan; Are earmarks returning?
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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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For Koch critics, facts aren’t part of the equation
A newspaper editorial begins with “What is it, or why is it, that the name Koch, particularly here in Lawrence and Kansas, seems to trigger such angry, passionate and negative responses from a certain segment of the community, particularly among some at Kansas University?” It’s a good question.
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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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Wind tax credits are government spending in disguise
Wind power tax credits are government spending in disguise, despite the mistaken beliefs of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas regarding the economic effect of tax credits that benefit the wind power industry.
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Kansas STAR bonds vote a test for capitalism
An upcoming vote in the Kansas House of Representatives will let Kansans know who is truly in favor of economic freedom, limited government, and free market capitalism — and who favors crony capitalism instead.
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If government ordered your lunch, would you get what you want?
Speaking on government making decisions for us, Antony Davies concludes “Even if it’s benevolent, it fails because it lacks the necessary information to make those decision correctly.”
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The role of speculators
As gasoline prices rise, we hear the call for regulation of speculators, with Fox News populist Bill O’Reilly a leading voice. Part of the complaint is true: Speculators are selfish people, acting only to make as much profit as possible for themselves. But by doing so, they provide a valuable public service.
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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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Brownback, Moran wrong on wind tax credits
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas are mistaken regarding the economic effect of tax credits that benefit the wind power industry.