Articles
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Good Government
MAKING THE MORAL CASE FOR FREE ENTERPRISE
Adam Smith. Friedrich Hayek. Milton Friedman. All legendary apostles of economic and political liberty. Now add Arthur Brooks to that pantheon, and you have The Road to Freedom: How to Win the Fight for Free Enterprise (Basic Books, 2012), a slim yet potent volume published in 2012 that gives us both blueprint and rallying cry in an era when many fear that the battle has already been lost.Mike Brake | July 1, 2015
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Agriculture
Untapped Potential in Oklahoma High-Value Crops
Oklahoma still has a very large agricultural sector that continues to provide a substantial contribution to the state’s fiscal diversification and stability.Steve Anderson | July 1, 2015
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Education, Higher Education
State-Run Enterprises and One-Ton Nails
Economic losses send a clear signal that the firm is doing something wrong and gives it an incentive to change. Economic profits send a clear signal that the firm is doing something right.Cecil Bohanon | July 1, 2015
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Education
Home economics: These moms deserve our appreciation
“She looks well to the ways of her household,” as the proverb says, “and does not eat the bread of idleness.”Brandon Dutcher | July 1, 2015
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Education
Choice Is the Real Accountability
For “accountability” in education, the 2015 legislative season is turning out to be the best of times and the worst of times.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 29, 2015
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Health Care
Free Market Friday: Repeal and replace
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in King v Burwell that words don’t matter, at least not in federal law. The decision turns the focus back to Congress and the next president, where responsibility awaits for repealing bad laws and making better ones.Michael Carnuccio | June 26, 2015
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Health Care
Court saves politicians from pesky citizens
Responsibility remains with Congress and the next President to solve the many problems created by Obamacare. Yet with today’s decision, Chief Justice Roberts saves Obamacare not only from itself, but from the meddling of citizens and state elected officials who believed we live in a nation of laws.Trent England | June 25, 2015
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Education
School Choice: A Declaration of Independence
Today, the road back to self-government and the principles of the Declaration of Independence runs through school choice. Where the rulers control the formation of the minds, hearts, and skills of the young, sovereignty rests with them. Putting parents back in charge of education also puts citizens back in charge of civil society and government.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 25, 2015
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Budget & Tax, Education
DHS program adjustments a step in the right direction
State legislators should shrink the Department of Human Services budget and enlarge your family budget: Redirect a portion of Oklahoma’s daycare subsidies toward a tax break for families with a parent at home.Brandon Dutcher | June 22, 2015
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Law & Principles, Good Government
Free Market Friday: Power to the people
This idea behind the Magna Carta also set the stage for something even greater: the emergence of a new way of thinking about government. After all, if law can bind a king, there must be some higher source of authority.Michael Carnuccio | June 18, 2015