November 2008 Volume 15 Number 11
- Bailout Fallout
- November 01, 2008
- By Patrick B. McGuigan
Thomas Paine was wrong about many things, but right when he said the American Revolution was a time that tried men’s souls. Today we face times to try the souls of even the best and strongest women and men.
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- Thinking Clearly About Taxes
- November 01, 2008
- Economics is often called “the dismal science,” but in truth it is the study of an important aspect of human nature—how people react to incentives (and disincentives) to produce more goods, work harder, save more, spend and strive, or settle for less. Read More >
- Government, Not Markets, Caused Financial Meltdown
- November 01, 2008
- By Sheldon Richman
To hear the media pundits and presidential candidates tell it, you’d think Adam Smith has been president for the last eight years and, with a Congress full of free-market advocates, had enacted an agenda of full-blown laissez-faire.
Had that been the case, we would not be in the mess we are in economically. Alas, it has not been the case.
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- Protecting Oklahomans from Nefarious Interior Designers
- November 01, 2008
- By Art Carden
Should “Joe the Plumber” be allowed to do plumbing work without all the requisite licenses and affiliations? What if he were calling himself an interior designer?
In a recent article in Regulation magazine (“Designing Cartels Through Censorship”), Dick M. Carpenter II and John K. Ross of the Institute for Justice discuss how states, including Oklahoma, are passing regulations—such as license or title laws—on interior design.
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- Demography Is Not Destiny
- November 01, 2008
By Matthew Ladne
Educators sometimes imply that we shouldn’t expect too much from low-income and minority students. Florida proves them wrong. Thanks to abundant school choice and systemic education reform, Hispanic 4th graders in Florida now have higher reading scores than the statewide average of all students in Oklahoma.
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- Hoping Against HOPE
- November 01, 2008
By Larkin Warner
A respected Oklahoma economist explains why the teacher union’s latest funding push would be bad for the state.
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- ‘Parents Who Trust Us’
- November 01, 2008
By Patrick B. McGuigan
An OCPA research fellow brings home lessons from Taiwan on education policy: 'Take the dollars and use them for education' - whether the schools are public or private.
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- Liberty Gala in Tulsa a Great Success
- November 01, 2008
- By Brett A. Magbee
On the evening of September 18th, OCPA hosted the Liberty Gala at the Renaissance Tulsa Convention Hotel to celebrate our 15th anniversary. More than 300 were in attendance to hear special guest speaker Edwin Meese III discuss “The Presidency, the Judiciary, and the Economy.”
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- Quote/Unquote
- November 01, 2008
“Newspapers … serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke.”
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Thomas Jefferson
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