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Fixing Regional InequalityMarket forces dictate much of the advantages and disadvantages of each place.

Growing Regional Inequality Is the Challenge of Our AgeAn educated workforce began to replace physical capital as a factor explaining economic growth.

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Commentaries tagged with public service

November 10, 2019	A Reunion of VeteransIt is no secret that military service in the U.S. has long been a family business.
May 26, 2019	Honoring Our War Dead Demands Honoring the ConstitutionThe experiences of military service draw out the best and worst in soldiers.
June 24, 2018	Temporal Inequality Is Much Larger Than Income Inequality TodayFrom antiquity to about 1650, the average person existed at the margin of subsistence.
May 28, 2017	Public Corruption through the Prism of Memorial DaySome serve their country nobly, and some do not.
May 25, 2009	The Timeless Value of Public ServicePublic service in a republic is the physical expression of that simple but most powerful idea of the enlightenment. We each have value.
December 17, 2007	Moving Indiana into the 21st Century“The proposed reforms are crucial to linking the cost of public services to their quality.”
May 15, 2006	Re-Inventing Government "Economic development in particular has been hamstrung by the disconnectedness between silos of government."

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