Economic Opportunity
Jobs, taxes, budgets, corporate welfare and trade.
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Policy Brief
Diversity, Economics, and Income
What states are best-positioned to face the challenges to come?
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Op-Ed
Does America’s Freight Industry Face an Impending Train Wreck?
The Department of Justice has expressed concerns to the Surface Transportation Board about the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railways.
Originally published inNewsmax
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Policy Brief
Food, Folks, and Fiscal Policy
Is taxing groceries ‘regressive’?
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Policy Brief
Austin, We Have a Problem
Space is booming in Texas — it doesn’t ‘need’ corporate welfare
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Policy Brief
No. 47 Stumbled — No. 48 Soared
Why New Mexico has languished and Arizona has thrived
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Policy Brief
Hope Is Not an Economic-Development Strategy
Why is it so difficult to admit that Spaceport America is a complete bust?
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Policy Brief
It’s Time to Ditch the Double Tax
Taxing corporate income is counterproductive — more states should learn from Texas and Nevada
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Policy Brief
A Tale of Two Policy Models
Job-creation in the region is surging again — excluding California and New Mexico, of course.
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Policy Brief
‘Unpleasantly Surprised Almost Every Single Day’
Is promoting tourism a legitimate government function?
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Policy Brief
Let the Sessions (and the Spending) Begin!
All eight states of the American Southwest are, or will soon be, in session. Will legislators return budget surpluses to inflation-battered taxpayers, or launch spend-a-thons?