Tag: Free markets
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Koch executives respond to fraudulent call
Koch Industries executives say Charles and David Koch will continue to support economic freedom in spite of attacks.
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Kansas governor releases economic development plan
Kansas governor Sam Brownback has released an economic development plan that draws on free market principles and relies less on government intervention. The plan calls for a departure from present practices, especially the heavy-handed methods cities like Wichita use.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday February 10, 2011
Today: Politicians’ Top 10 Promises Gone Wrong; Cabela’s to seek community improvement district tax, Kansas legislature website.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 31, 2011
Today: Some downtown Wichita properties plummet in value; Kansas Days; Mises University; “Rosa Parks moment” for education; the state against blacks; politics and city managers; Wednesdays in Wiedemann; Professor Cornpone; Government bird chirping.
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Charles and David Koch v. George Soros: Free markets or not
The protests surrounding a conference of free-market advocates reveal the political left’s misunderstanding of the relationship between business and government, and between freedom and coercion.
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Kansas: business-friendly or capitalism-friendly?
While Kansas Republicans want to create a business-friendly environment, we have to be watchful for harmful crony, or false, capitalism.
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Government is not business, and can’t be
As Wichita begins its implementation of the plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita, stakeholders like to delude themselves that the plan is “market-driven,” that the city will make prudent use of public “investment,” and that the plan’s supporters really do believe in free markets after all.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 10, 2010
Today: “This Week in Kansas,” Cato scholar to speak on economic freedom, tea party regional blogs, tax rates still a secret, federal spending oversight, high speed rail, New York Times, taxation.
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Wichita downtown planning, not trash, is real threat
While city takeover of the management of trash service is bad, the real threat to economic freedom in Wichita is downtown planning.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday December 7, 2010
Today: Political pretense vs. market performance, “Begging for Billionaires,” O’Toole on urban planning, Kansas House of Representatives leaders elected, school lessons learned.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday November 29, 2010
Today: Earmarks, Economic development, Free markets, Health care, Wichita city council, Wichita Pachyderm Club, Subsidy, Downtown Wichita revitalization, Initiative and referendum.