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Commentaries tagged with leadership

October 26, 2025	Our New Diploma ProblemsIndiana’s largest, and growing, problem is that we send too few young Hoosiers to college.
October 12, 2025	The IEDC Mess Is Bigger Than One AuditAll told, Hoosier taxpayers probably spent $70,000 in economic development for every net job created in the state.
September 21, 2025	Summoning Better and Braver AngelsIt is necessary to speak plainly about the political violence that threatens all our freedoms.
September 14, 2025	I’m Not Trying to Change Your MindMy goal is to make accurate predictions of policy effects and explain briefly how those predictions are made.
September 7, 2025	The Real Lesson of the China Shock Education matters, and modern jobs require different skills than factory work.
August 31, 2025	The Socialist PresidencyIn the past few weeks, President Trump has moved the U.S. closer to socialism than any president in history.
August 24, 2025	America Is Not in Decline, but Trump and Sanders Could Change ThatThese narratives are poignant, easy to make and wholly false.
August 10, 2025	Grim Recessionary FactsTrump’s criticism of the BLS and Fed is at best a transparent effort to deflect blame for the ill effects of his tariff obsession.
July 20, 2025	It’s Stagflation, Not InflationTariffs work differently than inflation.
July 13, 2025	A Golden Age of Economic ColumnistsThe recent mayoral primaries in NYC provide plentiful material for discussion.
July 6, 2025	Churchill Was Right About AmericansSuccess demands that we look a problem squarely in the eye.
June 29, 2025	More Changes to Economic Development Policy Are NeededThe IEDC board should consider whether they should be picking winners and losers in both business attraction and location.
May 11, 2025	Trump’s Tariff Recession Is HereMy new forecast, completed in late April, predicts a national recession began as early as March in reaction to Trump’s tarriffs.
April 13, 2025	The Stupidest of PoliciesThis whipsawing of tariff rates has unnerved financial markets, which on Wednesday, were toying with a liquidity crisis.
March 16, 2025	What to Expect in This RecessionThere is risk of a lot of pain.
March 9, 2025	A 1960s Rural Development PlanFarming and manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back, even as we hit new production records.
January 26, 2025	A Whirlwind Policy Start to the YearGov. Braun and General Assembly have proposed a number of changes.
January 12, 2025	The Legacy of Eric Holcomb’s AdministrationIndiana’s economy is better than it was when Holcomb took office, but there are some caveats.
November 10, 2024	Economic and Policy Expectations for a Trump PresidencyIt is not hard to gauge the policy choices Trump will prefer.
October 27, 2024	Indiana Is Ground Zero for Anti-American IdeologiesBad ideas rarely die of their own accord.
September 8, 2024	You Maybe Don’t Want to Ask How We Can Balance our Federal BudgetIt seems like we could easily cut spending—until you understand what we are spending money on.
August 25, 2024	Three Property Tax PlansThere are problems with each of these tax proposals from our gubernatorial candidates.
August 11, 2024	Project 2025 Is a Roadmap to DisasterThe document is alarming enough that former President Trump denied knowledge of its existence.
July 28, 2024	Biden’s Presidency Has Been Very ConsequentialBiden has held elected office for all but four of the last 54 years, serving on a city council, as U.S. senator, vice president, and, finally, president.
July 7, 2024	Freedom Is DifficultSimply living in the United States is as easy as it gets, and almost always has been.
June 23, 2024	Some Good Reasons for Partisan Perceptions About the EconomyThe gap between rich places and poor places is growing in more ways than one.
June 16, 2024	What Is Driving Misperceptions About the Economy?In a recent survey, more than half of Americans said the economy is shrinking, when in fact it has been growing steadily for four years.
May 26, 2024	Why They DiedFor more than 235 years, our soldiers have died bearing true faith and allegiance to the Constitution.
April 28, 2024	We Botched Our Last Curriculum Reform, We Cannot Do So This TimeA very good idea can become very bad public policy when executed poorly.
March 31, 2024	The Political Economy of InflationThe public seems to prefer high unemployment to high inflation.
February 25, 2024	SB202 Offers the Wrong Solutions to a Real ProblemMy reference to ideological imbalance refers to the creation of an artificial close-mindedness that stifles debate, isolates important perspectives and diminishes the richness of a college education.
February 18, 2024	NATO Has Secured Our Peace and Prosperity The wars of the 20th century were economic disasters of historic proportion.
November 12, 2023	Defend Democracies on This Veteran’s DayOur Constitution offers the highest form of a liberal democracy.
November 5, 2023	Municipal Elections Are Critical to Your ProsperityIn Indiana’s cities, like most cities nationwide, the problems mayors face aren’t partisan issues.
October 15, 2023	An Exogenous Economic Shock from HamasArmed conflict is always economically damaging but may spur long-term growth.
October 1, 2023	Another Stupid Government ShutdownShutdowns are often a demonstration of clownsmanship, not statesmanship.
September 10, 2023	China Is a Poor and Failing NationChina is getting in the way of its own economic growth.
July 2, 2023	July 4th and American-Style ConservatismA true American conservative cannot believe that government should promote that faith, or treat those of other faiths differently.
February 19, 2023	Balancing the Federal BudgetThere’s no silver bullet that will return our debt to comfortable levels.
December 11, 2022	READI Grant Is Great for Most of IndianaBusinesses and households value public services more highly than public infrastructure spending.
October 16, 2022	Partisan Effect of Disinformation on COVID DeathsNationwide, at least 250,000 Americans died of COVID because they chose not to be vaccinated.
October 9, 2022	A Recession Is Time to Think About the Long TermManufacturing employment is now a smaller part of our economy than it was in previous downturns.
September 18, 2022	Why Do We Care About a Monarchy?Strong, stable, adaptable institutions help us navigate change while ensuring continuity.
July 3, 2022	The 246th Anniversary of ‘The Great Experiment’Our nation may be at its most divided, but I have great hope.
March 27, 2022	A Tough Two Decades for the Hoosier EconomyMost of Indiana’s job growth this century has been in low-wage work.
January 2, 2022	2021 Was an Unnecessarily Horrible YearFrom political unrest to vaccination and economic woes, this year was heavy.
November 7, 2021	READI Grants Already a SuccessThe READI Grant program asks communities to identify and prioritize their long-term development projects.
July 18, 2021	Free Speech and Senate Bill 414The origin of free speech problems on campus lie primarily outside the classroom.
January 24, 2021	A Recap of Mr. Trump’s PresidencyLet’s review the good, the bad, and the ugly.
January 17, 2021	An Attack on America’s EconomyThis was not a protest, nor was it an accident.
December 13, 2020	How to Stop Worrying About National PoliticsLocal government requires pragmatic competence, not ideological showmanship.
November 8, 2020	Some Places of Economic CompromiseWe are in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and that gives us a chance for Congress to compromise.
August 30, 2020	Gresham’s Law and Subsidized ApartmentsTax dollars that should’ve gone to schools, public safety and other purposes will now supporting new ‘executive housing.’
January 1, 2017	The Hoosier Economy Flourished Under Governor Pence Mike Pence made three important moves in his successful governorship.
January 21, 2013	Leadership and the Government ShutdownThe transparency of a genuine budget debate will reveal just how unsustainable our spending has become.
June 11, 2012	The Failure of Public UnionsWhat this election portends is a serious conversation about public unions and their benefits.

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