Tag: Free markets
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Poll: Wichitans don’t want sales tax increase
A scientific poll commissioned by Kansas Policy Institute finds that Wichitans are opposed to business incentives, want to pursue privatization over tax increases, and have concerns about how city hall has recently spent money.
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ALEC should stand up to 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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Meet ALICE. Who knew?
Progressives criticize “bill mills,” but the movement has its own.
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Kansas news media should report, not spin
Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute explains that influence may be shifting from media, unions, the education establishment, cities, counties, and school boards to those with different views — those of limited government and economic freedom that empower citizens, not an expansive government and its beneficiaries.
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Kauffman paper on local business incentive programs
The paper “Evaluating Firm-Specific Location Incentives: An Application to the Kansas PEAK Program,” from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation introduces a proposed evaluation method and applies it to Promoting Employment Across Kansas (PEAK), one of that state’s primary incentive programs.
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Competition in markets
Competition must surely be one of the most misunderstood concepts. As applied to economics, government, and markets, the benefits of competition are not understood and valued.
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Kansas Policy Institute at work
A recap of what Kansas Policy institute has done the past few years leaves me to wonder how anyone who cares about Kansas schoolchildren could be opposed to the work KPI has done.
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In Kansas, the Blob is worked up
In Kansas, we’re seeing the Blob at full activation, vigorously protecting its interests against school reforms.
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Recommended reading: Foundations of a Free Society
Described as “An introduction to the core principles that define a free society,” I highly recommend this short book.