A better Way to Buy Health Care: How Would You Like a $2 Pizza?
For release Aug. 12 and thereafter (652 words) Arthur Laffer’s most famous contribution to public policy is said to have been delivered on the back of a paper napkin. The “Laffer Curve” illustrates the necessary relationship between marginal tax rates and tax revenues — that higher tax rates raise more revenue, but only up to Read the full article…
State Makes a Sound Move to Boost Teaching Credentials
For release noon Aug. 4 and thereafter (675 words) School Superintendent Tony Bennett’s plan to reform the educator licensing system has ignited more controversy than it merits. Although the proposal would make the licensing process more flexible for teachers and the principals who hire them, it certainly wouldn’t make it less rigorous, as some Read the full article…
Discrimination Is All Around Us: The Case of Gates and Crowley
For release noon noon July 28 and thereafter (554 words) To a labor economist watching the saga of Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Officer James Crowley the most obvious point is that discrimination is all around us — since all of us engage in discrimination frequently. Labor economists distinguish between two forms of discrimination. Read the full article…
Soldier Laments Society’s ‘Pop Pablum’ Appetite
For release noon July 22 and thereafter (628 words)Had the mourning period for Michael Jackson lasted just a few days, Sgt. Eric B. Horning might not have said anything. But three weeks of incessant Jackson publicity, most recently newly-discovered footage of the pop star’s hair ablaze during filming of a Pepsi commercial, riled him. Horning, Read the full article…
The Inscrutable Statehouse
For immediate release (496 words)“Indiana Government Has Grown so Complex There Are not Enough Reporters or Even Informed Activists to Stay With its Twists and Turns.” Can anybody anymore know what’s going on in the Statehouse? That is not a flippant question. Our constitutional democracy, if that is any longer the right description, increasingly defies Read the full article…
Hard Times Call for Tuition Freeze at Public Universities
For release noon July 7 and thereafter (669 words) Indiana’s public universities are missing a golden opportunity to help Hoosier students. With the state’s unemployment rate at 10.6 percent and family income at a 35-year low, now is the time to freeze tuition. Instead, the cost of higher education keeps going up. Ivy Tech plans Read the full article…
