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Commentaries tagged with election

April 13, 2025	The Stupidest of PoliciesThis whipsawing of tariff rates has unnerved financial markets, which on Wednesday, were toying with a liquidity crisis.
January 26, 2025	A Whirlwind Policy Start to the YearGov. Braun and General Assembly have proposed a number of changes.
November 10, 2024	Economic and Policy Expectations for a Trump PresidencyIt is not hard to gauge the policy choices Trump will prefer.
November 3, 2024	My Apology to LogansportThe city is well known as an immigration success story in the Midwest.
October 27, 2024	Indiana Is Ground Zero for Anti-American IdeologiesBad ideas rarely die of their own accord.
August 25, 2024	Three Property Tax PlansThere are problems with each of these tax proposals from our gubernatorial candidates.
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.
May 26, 2024	Why They DiedFor more than 235 years, our soldiers have died bearing true faith and allegiance to the Constitution.
November 12, 2023	Defend Democracies on This Veteran’s DayOur Constitution offers the highest form of a liberal democracy.
February 19, 2023	Balancing the Federal BudgetThere’s no silver bullet that will return our debt to comfortable levels.
January 15, 2023	Three Types of Public DebtAll types of public debt are effectively transfers of wealth from the future to our present selves.
January 2, 2022	2021 Was an Unnecessarily Horrible YearFrom political unrest to vaccination and economic woes, this year was heavy.
February 16, 2020	The Economy Is Neither as Good nor Bad as Politicians ClaimEach of us view the economy through our own lens.
May 20, 2018	School Referenda and Local GovernmentRecent examples reinforce the simple notions of local governance.
November 13, 2016	Three Quick Lessons About the ElectionElections matter, and future elections matter.
October 9, 2016	Slow Growth Our Biggest ProblemA 2-percent difference in economic growth means a 63-year lag in stardard of living.
May 8, 2016	The Great Hoosier Jobs Lie of 2016Productivity has lead to a growing manufacturing industry, but fewer, better-educated workers.
November 22, 2015	Campus ShenanigansCollege should focus on our ideas, passions and character
November 2, 2014	Some Big Ideas for the ElectionThough a large swing is predicted to favor the GOP, it is clearly out of frustration with the current administration.
September 7, 2014	Forecasting in the Silly SeasonElection season is rife with misunderstood economic projections.
November 18, 2012	Thelma and Louise Approach the Fiscal CliffThe spending cuts of the fiscal cliff will be far less broadly injurious than most suppose.
November 4, 2012	The Problems with Polling and Predicting Conducting voter polls has become more difficult in recent years, despite (or maybe because of) a spate of new technological developments that should have made it easier.
October 28, 2012	More Clarity on Gender and PayIt should not be surprising that the majority of wage differences between men and women can be explained by schooling, occupational choice, and experience.
July 29, 2012	Policies for the Coming RecessionAn increasing share of forecasters now join me in predicting a recession later this year or early in the next.
March 12, 2012	Manufacturing Is Alive and WellManufacturing came to the Midwest because we had an abundance of the right workers.
March 5, 2012	Gasoline Prices and the ElectionLast week our president gave what was billed as an important speech about gas prices.
January 30, 2012	The State of the UnionThe constitutional obligation of the U.S. president to report “from time to time” to Congress on the state of the union is a rightly awesome event.
November 14, 2011	Indiana Elections, 2011In taking an oath of office, one’s perspective changes—which is precisely why we demand these oaths of public officials.
November 1, 2010	These Elections and Opportunity Cost...the heaping of enormous uncertainty onto recession made matters far, far worse.
November 3, 2008	Know the Issues - then VoteIt is hard to imagine a time, if ever, when we have had a better set of choices.
May 19, 2008	Gas Prices Fueling Election NonsenseGetting votes has edged out energy independence or global warming as a top priority.
May 5, 2008	A Healthy Hoosier Economy Doesn’t Make an Interesting Campaign“Painting Indiana as an economic catastrophe makes for good sound bites, … but it is silly in today’s Indiana….”
March 31, 2008	Corporate Greed and Election Year Rhetoric“Politicians who pander with talk of corporate greed have clearly exhausted their relevant ideas.”
November 6, 2006	Evaluating the IEDC "...if in fact the organizational structure of the IEDC is a superior way to conduct the economic development business of state government, it should survive long enough to get the job done,"
September 18, 2006	Does the Economy Care Who Wins in November? "We’ve had inflation under Republican and Democratic administrations alike."
August 13, 2004	Rooting for the Economy "A changeover in the party in power brings the possibility for reverses or reforms, depending on your point of view, that can have direct impacts for long-term investments."
February 27, 2004	The Paradox of Politics "Successful politicians have long ago learned that some messages are best not delivered to the electorate."
November 8, 2002	Corporate Governance Not The Only One Needing Reform "In a year that focused on the supposed drama of which party would control the House, the larger story is that for the vast majority of voters, there was no drama whatsoever."

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