by Benjamin Lepak | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog
A case is pending at the Oklahoma Supreme Court that will have lasting consequences for governance of the state. You wouldn’t know it from the way the case has been reported, but at stake is a principle no less fundamental than whether Oklahomans will continue to be...
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 Mike Davis | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog
“Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?” — Mel Gibson, The Patriot There is a common sentiment, especially prevalent among those who lean to the right, that local control is preferable to...
by Byron Schlomach | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog
I know. Sometimes we sound like a broken record. ANOTHER blog about licensing? Long-term care administration licensing? Seriously? Does this theme not get old? Well, yeah, it’s old. We wish we could stop writing about what may very well be the stupidest, most onerous,...
