by Tyler Williamson | Sep 30, 2020 | Blog
Imagine that someone forcibly takes your hard-earned money and then simply gives it to a multi-billion dollar corporation such as Home Depot, Wal-Mart, or Boeing. You receive no benefit from this forcible redistribution of wealth, and the sole beneficiary is the...
by Tyler Williamson | Sep 30, 2020 | Research
Policymaker’s Guide to Evaluating Corporate Welfare Authors Tyler Williamson, Spencer Cadavero, and Byron Schlomach Abstract This paper describes what constitutes corporate welfare and what does not. It describes specific questions policymakers should ask in order to...
by Brad Galbraith | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog
The 1889 Institute has repeatedly expounded on the merits of educational choice. School choice lies at the heart of providing individual children with a high-quality education, and Oklahoma could use more of it. With the myriad of programs that have proven successful...
by Byron Schlomach | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog
When was the last time you ate money? When did you last wear it? Ever shelter under it during a storm? Fact is, money is only useful for purchasing the things we need. That’s the problem with yet more talk of a federal government “stimulus” in the face of state and...
by Benjamin Lepak | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog
Oklahoma can make a game-changing improvement in the quality of its roads, highways, and other transportation infrastructure, and in short order. Here’s how. Back in January, I proposed monetizing large state-owned assets and using the proceeds to fund long-term...