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May 14,2019 Markets & Free Enterprise

How Economically Free is Your Metro Area?

At the end of January, the Reason Foundation released the U.S. Metropolitan Area Economic Freedom Index (MEFI), authored by Dean Stansel of the O’Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom...

Mar 08,2019 Markets & Free Enterprise

Bad Ideas and Bad Deals in Economic Development Incentives

Over the past few decades, politicians, corporations and bureaucrats across the United States have built a massive economic development industry that transfers massive amounts of wealth from governments to private...

Feb 28,2019 Markets & Free Enterprise

How the Free Market Is Helping Education in North Carolina

There is overwhelming support of school choice policies around the country, especially in North Carolina. However, public schools feel that they have been pushed to the wayside, as North Carolina...

Feb 11,2019 Leadership, Markets & Free Enterprise

Ohio State Rep. Jena Powell on What’s Worth Fighting For

At 25, Representative Jena Powell is currently the youngest legislator serving in Ohio’s General Assembly. Before her election to the Ohio House of Representatives in the 2018 midterms, she worked...

Jan 29,2019 Markets & Free Enterprise

New VA Law is a Sign of Freer Drinks for the Future

New legislation in Virginia would lift much of the state’s heavy restrictions on the right of bars and restaurants to advertise their happy hour offerings. Under current law, businesses in...

Dec 07,2018 Culture, Markets & Free Enterprise

Learn it, Live it, Love it: The Snow Day Edition

Learn It: It’s the holiday season, and that means your monthly budget is likely taking a hit; from additional evenings out to festive attire to gifts for family, friends, colleagues...