Articles
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Good Government
Safeguards are needed, but unmanned aerial vehicles could benefit Oklahomans
Last year, legislation was introduced to restrict the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in Oklahoma, a proposal which is likely to reappear in the 2014 legislative session.Jayson Lusk | January 16, 2014
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Agriculture
Do Food Stamps Boost the Economy?
Farm bill negotiations have resumed in Washington, D.C., and one of the first items of business is to determine the fate of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), more commonly known as food stamps.Jayson Lusk | January 13, 2014
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Law & Principles
OCPA Research Fellow Spotlights Our Nation’s Founding Debate
The scene is a familiar one. You’ve seen it portrayed in paintings and pictures in history books and on television. It is the summer of 1787. America’s Founding Fathers are gathered in Philadelphia to repair the deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation. Instead of repairing the Articles of Confederation, they draft and propose a new Constitution.Matt A. Mayer | January 13, 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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Education
Financial Transparency Needed in Public Education
Do you know how much it costs to educate a student in Oklahoma? It’s likely more than you think.Jason Bedrick | January 13, 2014
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Budget & Tax, Agriculture, Good Government
Do Food Stamps Boost the Economy?
While there is good evidence that SNAP reduces hunger and food insecurity among poor households, there are also legitimate concerns about the program fostering government dependency, reducing the incentive to work, and increasing the government deficit.Jayson Lusk | January 13, 2014
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Agriculture
Toward a Free-Market Farm Policy
OCPA executive vice president Brian Bush recently sat down with economist Jayson Lusk, OCPA’s Samuel Roberts Noble Distinguished Fellow, to discuss agricultural subsidies, crop and livestock insurance, and more.Jayson Lusk | December 13, 2013
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Agriculture
Toward a Free-Market Farm Policy
Surveys suggest that more than 80% of professional economists believe that the United States should eliminate agricultural subsidies. However, only 34 percent of the general public agrees.Jayson Lusk | December 13, 2013
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Agriculture
Misplaced Wrath
With today’s farm bill hanging in the balance, it is instructive to take a brief look back at our nation’s long and complicated history with farm policy.Jayson Lusk | September 6, 2013
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Education
Policymakers Should Fund What Works
If indeed “the goal is student achievement,” as Mr. Edelman says—if the goal is to do what works—activists and policymakers should not be clamoring for something that doesn’t work: increased government spending on the monopoly system (see page 4).Brandon Dutcher | August 5, 2013