by Mike Davis | Mar 23, 2020 | Blog
1889 Institute takes no position on whether any or all of these measures are warranted or necessary, or whether their economic fallout would inflict more human suffering than they prevent. We are simply evaluating whether they are legal. With the unprecedented (in...
by Benjamin Lepak | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog
Most of us have no idea whether to fear the coming coronavirus pandemic or to scoff at what seems to be a panic, complete with toilet paper buying sprees. I find myself mostly in the latter camp, due not to some great scientific knowledge, but as a matter of general...
by Mike Davis | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog
Great care must be taken in repealing occupational licensing laws. No, not care in which licensing regimes are repealed or how quickly we are rid of them. They can all go, post haste (yes, that includes doctors and lawyers). Licensing hurts the economy to the tune of...
by Byron Schlomach | Mar 11, 2020 | Blog
In a comparison of states’ total taxes as well as spending in certain broad categories that the 1889 Institute has just published (Oklahoma Government Revenues and Spending in Perspective – Update), some interesting facts arise. Using federal data, we compared states...
by Byron Schlomach | Mar 11, 2020 | Research
Oklahoma Government Revenues and Spending In Perspective – Update Authors Byron Schlomach, Vance H. Fried, Spencer Cadavero Abstract This paper provides an update to 1889 Institute’s 2018 paper that compares state and local taxes and spending in six areas...
