by Spencer Cadavero | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog
The United States of America was founded on the principle of equality. This principle has guided the country throughout its history. There have been times that we have fallen short of this goal, the most obvious example being slavery. However, lately there appears to...
by Spencer Cadavero | Oct 19, 2020 | Blog
Since the beginning of this pandemic, the 1889 Institute has argued against lockdowns even as “experts” advocated for them. Now, months after the weeks-long lockdowns were supposed to end, there are still states in various levels of lockdown. State and local...
by Spencer Cadavero | Sep 30, 2020 | Research
Policymaker’s Guide to Evaluating Corporate Welfare Authors Spencer Cadavero, Tyler Williamson, 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 Spencer Cadavero | Sep 2, 2020 | Blog
Are Oklahoma’s children underprivileged? According to a recently published list by Wallethub, which attempted to rank states with the most underprivileged children, Oklahoma is the 7th worst. However, if the goal was to help states improve their policies, or to show...
by Spencer Cadavero | Aug 12, 2020 | Blog
The CARES Act passed by Congress has a provision to give funds to state and local governments. Out of this, Oklahoma County has been given the onerous task of spending $47 million by the end of the year. The caveat being all expenses must be related to COVID-19. Any...
