July 2010 Volume 17 Number 7
- In Case You Missed It
- June 30, 2010
- Brandon Dutcher
According to the Tax Foundation, Oklahoma ranks 19th highest among the 50 states in state and local tax burden as a percentage of state income. Source: http://bit.ly/cgzjn3
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- Oklahoma's Private-Sector Share of Income Reaches New Low
- June 30, 2010
- By J. Scott Moody and Wendy P. Warcholik
Oklahoma's private-sector share of personal income has reached an all-time low, as government spending continues to crowd out private-sector economic activity in the state.
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- Oklahoma's Tort System 'Salvageable'
- June 30, 2010
By Lawrence J. McQuillan and Hovannes Abramyan
An efficient tort liability system is an important ingredient for a thriving free-enterprise economy. It ensures that businesses and individuals have proper incentives to produce safe products and provide safe services, and that true victims are fully compensated. A tort system of that kind encourages greater trust among market participants, more economic activity and employment, and eventually a higher standard of living for individuals in the society. An optimal tort system provides maximum net benefits to society.
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- Are Families Moving to Oklahoma?
- June 30, 2010
- By J. Scott Moody and Wendy P. Warcholik
Three months ago in these pages ("Voting with Their Feet," April 2010) we looked at Oklahoma's migration patterns and found that, since 2005, significantly more people are moving into Oklahoma than are moving out. Chart 1 shows that since 2005 Oklahoma has gained nearly 56,000 new residents from out of state.
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- How School Choice Came to Oklahoma
- June 30, 2010
- By Patrick B. McGuigan
For many years I have reported in newspapers, in cyberspace, and in the broadcast arena. Due to my own interest and leavened by experiences as an inner-city educator, I have written hundreds of stories on education. A high percentage of those have been focused on school choice.
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- Higher Education's Bubble Is About to Burst
- June 30, 2010
- By Glenn Harlan Reynolds
It's a story of an industry that may sound familiar.
The buyers think what they're buying will appreciate in value, making them rich in the future. The product grows more and more elaborate, and more and more expensive, but the expense is offset by cheap credit provided by sellers eager to encourage buyers to buy.
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- Your Tax Dollars at Work
- June 30, 2010
- It's a good thing Oklahoma politicians enacted more than $300 million in "revenue enhancements" this year, because it would have been a pity to see this position go unfilled. Read More >
- Married Fathers: America's Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty
- June 30, 2010
- By Robert Rector
The mainstream media, liberal politicians, activists, and academia bewail child poverty in the U.S. But in these ritual lamentations, one key fact remains hidden: The principal cause of child poverty in the U.S. is the absence of married fathers in the home.
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- Toward a Pro-Family Tax Policy
- June 30, 2010
- By Brandon Dutcher
In an important article in the current issue of The Family in America ("A Capital Catastrophe: Why a Little-Noticed Crisis Portends Economic Disaster"), Bryce J. Christensen highlights "the irreplaceable role of the intact family in fostering social capital formation" and argues that lawmakers could boost long-term economic prosperity if they would stop favoring tax-subsidized fractured families at the expense of heavily taxed intact families.
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- Reclaiming America's Legacy of Freedom
- June 30, 2010
- By Brett A. Magbee
The Hardeman Auditorium at Oklahoma Christian University started filling at 5:30 on each of those five Monday evenings during OCPA's Spring Lecture Series. A few minutes before 6:00, the pace became frenzied as people scurried to get a seat before Dr. J. Rufus Fears began his talks about America's founders, the Constitution, and the ideas which formed our Republic.
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