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Don’t Ask Your College Kids What They Learned, Ask Them Why They LearnedThe ability to engage in formal, abstract thought is one of the great human capabilities.

A Pretty Bad Way to End the YearThe U.S. is in the early days of a yearlong manufacturing contraction.

Art Laffer and Karl MarxFaulty ideas are now driving Indiana's tax policy.

Redistricting Is Both More and Less Than It SeemsThis raises questions about Hoosier policymakers' motivations.

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August 17, 2025	What Made Us Fumble Education Policy?Between 2016 and today, 50,000 fewer Hoosier students attended college.
April 27, 2025	Time to Fix Economic Development PolicyAllocating tax dollars to land development won’t cause economic growth.
June 2, 2024	Regional Cities Initiative, an Economic BoonBehind the concept was a clear understanding that most economic growth was happening in cities with solid quality-of-life investments.
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.
August 6, 2023	Looking Back at Mistakes with a Critical EyeI was not alone in making these mistakes, but there’s no comfort in being wrong with a crowd.
January 1, 2017	The Hoosier Economy Flourished Under Governor Pence Mike Pence made three important moves in his successful governorship.
April 5, 2015	RFRA Impact Is Worse Than EconomicIt is simply not possible to legislate the details of the inevitable tensions between culture and faith.
November 9, 2014	We Need the Right Early Childhood Education ProgramsIn this case, turning down federal funding may actually be the right move.

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