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Children Are Key to a Prosperous Economy
A topic that both liberal and conservative publications seem to be writing about with more frequency is the rapid aging of our populatio...
Oklahoma House votes to fight child poverty, promote marriage
Last week, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill to promote marriage as an indispensable weapon in the now decades-old “Wa...
Oh, baby! Let’s get college costs under control
Jonathan V. Last, a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, has written a new book called What to Expect When No One's Expect...
How Might Policymakers Help Entrepreneurs?
One way is to increase the after-tax income of these businesses by eliminating the state personal income tax, because sole proprietorshi...
Ranking Oklahoma’s Economy
Over the last few years, a veritable cottage industry has arisen ranking states on any number of issues. The upside of these rankings is...
Oklahoma Income-Tax Phaseout Would Boost Growth
As policymakers across America look for ways to bolster economic growth, they are increasingly considering changes in tax policy. Lawmak...
A vaccination against Obama’s policies in Oklahoma
Whether it is the politics of envy, a failed stimulus plan, government officials who think welfare is the best way to stimulate the econ...
Right to Work is working in Oklahoma
As Oklahoma recently marked the 10-year anniversary of our “Right to Work” law, new evidence suggests the law is not just working, but w...
Oklahoma’s Improved Economic Performance Suggests Right to Work Is ...
On September 25, 2001, Oklahoma voters went to the polls and passed a constitutional amendment—Right to Work (RTW)—which gave workers th...
When creating jobs isn’t
For quite some time, we have heard from President Barack Obama and his administration about the various things that government does to c...
What a Tax Hike Would Do to Oklahoma's Economy
Personal income is an important economic measure of a state’s well-being. Higher levels of personal income mean that a state’s residents...
State hides billions in government coffers
State government has kept billions of dollars out of the Kansas economy, accumulating enormous unencumbered cash balances across 1,658 s...
Daxon report shows state needs better accounting practices
Improved accounting practices and financial reporting can help improve the quality of government services and decrease the costs of gove...
'Cap and Trade' is not the answer
Many in Congress are intent on imposing a tax on companies that produce carbon emissions so as to improve the climate and reduce global ...
Voting with his feet
A recent article in the New York Post (‘Adios, New York') is evidence that tax policy matters for economic growth. High taxes at the sta...
'Hope' is irrisponsible public policy
Oklahoma may or may not finish this fiscal year in the black, and the consensus seems to be that next year’s budget situation will be wo...
This outrageous spending must stop
UCO economist Mickey Hepner is a staunch supporter of Barack Obama, yet in this excellent column Dr. Hepner explains why "this outrageou...
Corporate America favors free markets? Nope.
"Big corporations love free enterprise, as long as it isn't too free," Jonah Goldberg writes in an excellent National Review cover story...
State government's overhead overload
"My sister-in-law came to visit me last week from her new home in Silver Springs, Maryland,” World magazine essayist Andree Seu wrote la...
Think tank head speaks in Bartlesville
As Hopper Smith’s car cruised north Monday morning on U.S. Highway 75 toward Bartlesville, he had more on his mind than just his impendi...
