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Category: Economy

American Banker: If I Can’t Get An ‘Emergency’ Loan From A Bank, It’s Not Clear Who Possibly Can

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date March 27, 2023
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We tested the prediction that banks will step in when payday lenders face restrictions. They didn’t want our business.

Tags American Banker, Bank of America, Credit, Lending, Specialized Emergency Loans, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo

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SPPI Employment Index: August-January

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 17, 2023
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Cause for optimism — at least for now

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Diversity, Economics, and Income

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 8, 2023
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What states are best-positioned to face the challenges to come?

Tags Economic Development

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Newsmax: Does America’s Freight Industry Face an Impending Train Wreck?

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date March 8, 2023
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The Department of Justice has expressed concerns to the Surface Transportation Board about the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways.

Tags Antitrust, Canadian Pacific (CP), Department of Justice (DOJ), Economics, Freight, Kansas City Southern (KCS), Logistics, Rail, Railroad, Surface Transportation Board (STB), Trade, Transportation

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Food, Folks, and Fiscal Policy

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date March 7, 2023
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Is taxing groceries ‘regressive’?

Tags Food, Groceries

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Report: No Loan for You!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date March 2, 2023
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How the war on specialized emergency loans has hurt New Mexicans.

Tags Bank of America, Credit, Lending, No Loan For You!, Specialized Emergency Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo

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Austin, We Have a Problem

Space is booming in Texas — it doesn’t ‘need’ corporate welfare

Tags Corporate Wellfare

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No. 47 Stumbled — No. 48 Soared

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date February 17, 2023
4 Comments on No. 47 Stumbled — No. 48 Soared

Why New Mexico has languished and Arizona has thrived

Tags Arizona, Economic Development, Economic Growth, New Mexico

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Hope Is Not an Economic-Development Strategy

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date February 6, 2023
6 Comments on Hope Is Not an Economic-Development Strategy

Why is it so difficult to admit that Spaceport America is a complete bust?

Tags Corporate Welfare, Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic

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Draining the Swamp, from a Distance

Post author By D. Dowd Muska
Post date February 1, 2023
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What states are doing to combat D.C.’s dysfunction

Tags Federalism, Tenth Amendment