Articles
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Culture & the Family
Family Structure, Geography, and Income Mobility
Politicians and economists from the left and the right have been decrying the lack of economic mobility in the United States and offering different solutions to solve the problem.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | March 12, 2014
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Culture & the Family
Bureaucratic Restraint? Fat Chance
Back in November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its plan to remove artificial trans fats from its list of ingredients that are Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)—essentially banning the ingredient.Jayson Lusk | March 12, 2014
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Culture & the Family
GDP Undervalues the Impact of the Family
Clearly, maximizing GDP isn’t the same as maximizing economic well-being. The family plays a crucial role in a country’s determinant of economic well-being, and the family is grossly misrepresented in official U.S. economic statistics.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | January 13, 2014
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Culture & the Family
Associated Press Now Outsourcing to Leftist Nonprofits
Never accuse the Associated Press of being hide bound by journalistic tradition. In a sharp break with past practice, the once-venerable news service is providing its 1,500 member papers with ready-to-run stories produced by "independent" reporters and editors.Ken McIntyre | November 1, 2009
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Culture & the Family
Labor's Day Is Over
In a new paper published by the Cato Institute, we show how the unionization of government employees creates a powerful, permanent constituency for bigger government-one that is motivated, well funded, and organized. We also make some recommendations as to how to check this constituency's growing power-an effort that promises to be an uphill struggle.Don Bellante, David Denholm & Ivan Osorio | October 5, 2009
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Culture & the Family
Oklahoma Government Jobs Up, Private Jobs Down
While Oklahoma's private sector has shed more than 36,000 jobs during this recession, one sector of the state economy has shown itself to be remarkably recession-proof: government. Oklahoma's state and local governments have added 8,600 jobs since the recession began.Brandon Dutcher | September 1, 2009
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Culture & the Family
Despotism—The Soft Way
In these circumstances, America's greatest hope is hardly its political leaders. Rather it is those millions of Americans who still treasure liberty and have no intention of becoming comfortable serfs. As Tocqueville himself observed, "The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults."Samuel Gregg | June 1, 2009
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Culture & the Family
The industry of racial identity should have long ago been shut down
So argues Victor Davis Hanson today at National Review Online.Brandon Dutcher | June 1, 2009
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Culture & the Family
On creating young conservatives
"This is a good moment," Dr. John Mark Reynolds writes, "to begin the long process of educating the next generation of voters so that generation Obama gives way to generation Conservative."Brandon Dutcher | May 8, 2009
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Culture & the Family
Oklahomans' Personal Income: An Analysis of the Private and Public Sector Components
Personal income is an important measure of Oklahoma's economic well-being. Fundamentally, personal income comes from two sources: the private sector and the public sector. Only the private sector-the proverbial "goose that lays the golden egg"-creates new income. The public sector can only redistribute income through taxes and spending.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | July 19, 2008