State Spending Not The Path to Growth

By: Kevin Holtsberry (Diary)  |  May 10th at 05:30 PM  | 

I wanted to bring to your attention a short report released by The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions (full disclosure: I am the president) focused on state spending burdens and their connection, or lack thereof, to economic growth. Adam Schwiebert, The Diehl Family Fellow at the Buckeye Institute, put together a short policy brief that uses a measurement know as “state spending burden” – comparing combined state | Read More »

Student debt is a symptom of our lack of economic literacy

By: Kevin Holtsberry (Diary)  |  October 26th at 02:30 PM  | 

One of the failings of our public school systems is the lack of basic economic literacy of so many of our students.  I am afraid this has infected our political discourse and policy making to a degree that is frightening and deeply disheartening.  One prime example of this, are attempts to ignore basic things like supply and demand when making public policy.  In my humble opinion, Democrats | Read More »

Obama clueless on economic development

By: Kevin Holtsberry (Diary)  |  March 6th at 03:52 PM  | 

So President Barack Obama was in my fair city today.  No, I didn’t go hear him speak.  I have a cold that causes me to cough like I smoke 10 packs of unfiltered menthol cigarettes a day.  So instead, I figured I would do what all good bloggers do: criticize his remarks from the comfort of my desk. In all seriousness, I do believe that | Read More »