Articles
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Higher Education
The Value of the College Premium—and the Marriage Premium
There is a lot of discussion in the mainstream media about the “college wage premium”—the benefit gained by earning a college diploma in terms of one’s long-term earning potential.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | July 2, 2014
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Budget & Tax
Anti-Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century
The political left is aflutter over Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a book by French economist Thomas Piketty, who argues that the much-maligned wealth gap between the haves and have-nots is largely the result of higher returns from capital investment rather than from ordinary wage earnings. His remedy for the gap, not surprisingly, seems to be more confiscatory taxation of the “rich” with further wealth redistribution via government fiat.Mike Brake | July 2, 2014
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Education
Oklahoma Public Schools: Worse Than You Think
cGreg Forster, Ph.D. | July 2, 2014
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Education
Oklahoma Public Schools: Worse than You Think
It’s an old problem: we’re all biased in favor of our own neighborhood schools. But no matter how good a neighborhood you live in, your schools are almost certainly failing to keep up with the high educational standards being set in other leading nations.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | July 2, 2014
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Health Care
Mourning Our Medicaid Malaise: Lawmakers Reject Free-Market Reforms
Dr. Doug Cox is no Dr. Tom Coburn. And the Oklahoma Hospital Association is no supporter of Medicaid reform.Patrick B. McGuigan | July 2, 2014
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Budget & Tax
It's Time to Phase Out Oklahoma's Personal Income Tax
But achieving the goal of phasing out Oklahoma’s personal income tax is the one economic policy change which will expand economic opportunity for the majority of Oklahomans.Jonathan Small | July 2, 2014
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Good Government
Free Market Friday: Bigger slice of pie
The campaign season is in full force. No doubt we have all heard candidates from both parties tout that they will do something to bring, create, grow or support jobs. There’s a reason: Candidates know that most people, especially Oklahomans, understand the importance of hard work and how a job can provide the pathway to meeting one’s needs, wants and even dreams.Mark Costello | June 27, 2014
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Budget & Tax
YOU GUEST IT: A review of Oklahoma’s 2014 legislative session
The Republican supermajorities which are in control at the Oklahoma state capitol produced a mix of policy victories and missed opportunities during the 2014 legislative session, which concluded on May 23.Dave Bond | June 25, 2014
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Education
Standing up for parents’ rights
Oklahoma’s newly enacted Parents’ Bill of Rights may be seen by some as duplicative, given that Oklahoma already has laws that firmly protect parents’ relationships with their children. However, given Washington’s desire to assert its preeminence over the states, Oklahoma policymakers must remain vigilant and active.Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | June 23, 2014
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Education
Yes, Oklahoma, There Is Bloat in Public Schools
In Oklahoma, defenders of the government school monopoly are trying out a new tactic in their never-ending struggle to convince you that the system isn’t wasting huge amounts of money. Don’t believe it. In Oklahoma, as in every other state, the government school system is chock full of wasteful bloat.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | June 3, 2014