April 2010 Volume 17 Number 4
- Limiting Government Is Good Policy, Good Politics
- April 01, 2010
- By Brandon Dutcher
For decades now, economists and other social scientists have researched how government policy can help build more prosperous societies. The answer, according to economist Noel Campbell, is surprisingly old and surprisingly well-known: limited government.
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- Voting With Their Feet
- April 01, 2010
By J. Scott Moody and Wendy P. Warcholik
Economists have long studied migration between the states because migration is the ultimate expression of "voting with your feet." In other words, more people moving into a state is a good sign of social and economic progress whereas more people leaving a state is not a good sign. Therefore, a thorough understanding of Oklahoma's migration patterns is essential to understanding progress on much larger public policy issues.
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- Low-Tax Texas Beats Big-Government California
- April 01, 2010
- By Michael Barone
"Stop messing with Texas!" That was the message Gov. Rick Perry bellowed on election night as he celebrated his victory over Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary for governor. In his reference to Texas' anti-littering slogan, Perry was making a point applicable to national as well as Texas politics and addressed to Democratic politicians as well as Republicans.
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- Glorious Servolution
- April 01, 2010
- By Patrick B. McGuigan
When my family lived in Washington, D.C., I helped with a program that delivered hot meals to shut-ins (older people living alone) around the metro area. Efforts to get people fed were coordinated with a government agency. The food was prepared by members of the Knights of Columbus. Deliveries were made by Knights, like myself, and a variety of other groups.
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- Charting Oklahoma's Education Productivity Collapse
- April 01, 2010
- By Andrew J. Coulson
I was asked recently by OCPA's Brandon Dutcher to investigate the relationship between spending and student achievement in Oklahoma, and to chart the results as I've done for U.S. school spending and student achievement. The chart appeared last month in these pages, and is reprinted here.
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- Intolerable Acts and Tea Parties
- April 01, 2010
- By Matthew Spalding
In 1774, in response to the first Tea Party, the British Parliament issued a series of acts designed to control the colonists, stop their protests, and restrict their liberty. The American colonists called them "The Intolerable Acts."
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- Stopping the Erosion of Personal Liberties
- April 01, 2010
- By Brett A. Magbee
If the most enduring pursuit in the history of man has been to achieve individual freedom, why then would anyone choose to be enslaved? Most people will say they would never intentionally choose slavery over freedom, but by ignoring the erosion of personal liberties day by day, that is in essence what they are doing.
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- Quote/Unquote
- April 01, 2010
- "We are going to fundamentally transform the United States of
America."
Presidential candidate Barack Obama Read More >
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