Recent Publications
Retail Discrimination
Walgreens wants to open a drugstore in Sandy. Some local residents are opposed…
Read News DetailBiodiesel Needs Less Government, Not More
Biodiesel has hit center stage in the Northwest, and proposals for government support…
Read News DetailEnd the CIM-CAM Flim Flam
Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo decided last week that a key…
Read News DetailClimate Change and the Oregon Economy: Still Searching for the Smoking Gun
Summary Several studies on global climate change fall short on empirical data, relying…
Read News DetailDon’t Kick the Kicker
Now that Oregon’s economy is finally showing signs of life, we are again…
Read News DetailThe forgotten Thanksgiving lesson
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday. We learned in grade school that it…
Read News DetailThe 65 percent solution
Can states solve their public education problems by directing a higher percentage of…
Read News DetailProsperity or Portland?
Remove Portland’s Business Income Tax to improve the city’s economy Summary The City…
Read News DetailThe Case for Price Gouging
Summary Proposed legislation against “price gouging” is a bad idea. Rising prices in…
Read News DetailThe Convention Center Hotel Hustle
The Portland Development Commission is close to spending millions of public dollars to…
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