by Byron Schlomach | Aug 28, 2019 | Blog
It’s not uncommon to hear people declare health care a fundamental human right. At least two candidates for U.S. President, Sanders and Warren, would create the obligation for us all to provide health care for everyone through “Medicare for all.” The most common...
by Luke Tucker | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog
In a way, America at least partly owes its independence to the conviction that granting exclusive market privileges is an illegitimate function of government. In a free country, no-one has an exclusive right to a market over anyone else. Yet, two and a half centuries...
by Luke Tucker | Aug 20, 2019 | Research
Massage Therapy Licensure in Oklahoma Author Luke Tucker Abstract This paper describes Oklahoma’s 3-year-old massage therapist licensing requirements and concludes, once again, that Oklahoma needlessly requires the state’s permission before someone can...
by Tyler Williamson | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog
The state of Oklahoma selects supreme court justices using a system known as the Missouri Plan, which is a form of merit selection. Advocates paint a rosy picture of the plan, claiming that it is a more sophisticated system than the federal model or the election model...
by Mike Davis | Aug 7, 2019 | Research
Abstracting: Licensure and Regulatory Impacts in Oklahoma Authors Mike Davis, with statistical modeling and analysis by Byron Schlomach Abstract This paper shows how the licensing of abstracting (title searches made to facilitate real estate transactions) increases...