Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Upper Midwest seeing ‘freedom renaissance’
If you’re a Minnesotan, you might want to take a moment to face west and raise a salute to South Dakota. That state is helping you live a better life. How? According to the Pacific Research Institute (www.pacificresearch.org), which ranks economic freedom in all 50 states, South Dakota ranks No. ...
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North Carolina Plummets in Economic Freedom Ranking
The Pacific Research Institute released their 2008 Economic Freedom Index rankings and for North Carolina the results are ghastly. In 1999 North Carolina ranked 17th in terms of economic freedom and business friendliness. By 2004 that ranking had dropped to 24th and now today in 2008 the state has sunk ...
Business & Economics
News-Talk 1110 WBT (NC): Economic Freedom Index Radio Interview with Tara Servatius
Lawrence J. McQuillan was interviewed by radio talk show host Tara Servatius on News-Talk 1110 WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina. He discussed North Carolina’s rankings in the Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report.
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Not bad NH, but can the current leaders stop the slide (I doubt it)?
There is a group that does study for almost anything that you could dream of – our fascination with numbers and rankings is just incredible. In this case, a ranking of how economically free each State in the US. The group that produced this report “U.S. Economic Freedom Index 2008” ...
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North Carolina: Growing Less Free Every Year!
I recently wrote about North Carolina’s disappointing economic trends since 2001. Rising poverty, unemployment consistently above the national average, job and income growth lagging national and regional averages were among the findings. Now, we can add to that list: less economic freedom. The Pacific Research Institute recently released their U.S. ...
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Product Liability Law: Should FDA Approval Pre-empt State Tort Law?
This morning’s New York Times carried a story which addressed the question of whether medicines licensed by the FDA should be above and beyond state product liability law. In legalese, it asks whether the federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act “pre-empts” state law. The NY Times tells the story of ...
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Index points finger at Kentucky’s economic failure
Nearly 80 percent of American states have more economic freedom than Kentucky – a fact that could prove to hamper the commonwealth’s prospects for economic growth. The “U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report” by the Pacific Research Institute and Forbes magazine reports that only 10 states have less economic freedom ...
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Lessons from the $388 million Hyatt case: How current tax policy hurts California
California’s financial problems may have gotten worse by $388 million, according to an August 16 Nevada trial verdict in favor of an inventor mistreated by California’s Franchise Tax Board. The unprecedented case highlights California’s enforcement tactics and points to the solution for state revenue instability. Gilbert P. Hyatt, an electrical ...
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The First Presidential Debate and Legal Reform
The First Presidential Debate and Legal Reform The first presidential debate takes place Friday in Oxford, Mississippi. Oxford…Oxford…Oxford…Now whom is it we associate, lately, with Oxford, Mississippi? Right. It’s the home of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, the giant among trial lawyers. Or at least it was until July. “Court Orders Dickie ...
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Commentary: Who do you think will be better for the economy: John McCain or Barak Obama?
Cartoonist Scott Adams, he of “Dilbert” fame, was plagued by the same question so, he reports, he commissioned a survey of more than 500 economists, “to find out which candidates for President of the United States would be best for the economy long term,” a release put out by United ...
Upper Midwest seeing ‘freedom renaissance’
If you’re a Minnesotan, you might want to take a moment to face west and raise a salute to South Dakota. That state is helping you live a better life. How? According to the Pacific Research Institute (www.pacificresearch.org), which ranks economic freedom in all 50 states, South Dakota ranks No. ...
North Carolina Plummets in Economic Freedom Ranking
The Pacific Research Institute released their 2008 Economic Freedom Index rankings and for North Carolina the results are ghastly. In 1999 North Carolina ranked 17th in terms of economic freedom and business friendliness. By 2004 that ranking had dropped to 24th and now today in 2008 the state has sunk ...
News-Talk 1110 WBT (NC): Economic Freedom Index Radio Interview with Tara Servatius
Lawrence J. McQuillan was interviewed by radio talk show host Tara Servatius on News-Talk 1110 WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina. He discussed North Carolina’s rankings in the Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report.
Not bad NH, but can the current leaders stop the slide (I doubt it)?
There is a group that does study for almost anything that you could dream of – our fascination with numbers and rankings is just incredible. In this case, a ranking of how economically free each State in the US. The group that produced this report “U.S. Economic Freedom Index 2008” ...
North Carolina: Growing Less Free Every Year!
I recently wrote about North Carolina’s disappointing economic trends since 2001. Rising poverty, unemployment consistently above the national average, job and income growth lagging national and regional averages were among the findings. Now, we can add to that list: less economic freedom. The Pacific Research Institute recently released their U.S. ...
Product Liability Law: Should FDA Approval Pre-empt State Tort Law?
This morning’s New York Times carried a story which addressed the question of whether medicines licensed by the FDA should be above and beyond state product liability law. In legalese, it asks whether the federal Food, Drug & Cosmetics Act “pre-empts” state law. The NY Times tells the story of ...
Index points finger at Kentucky’s economic failure
Nearly 80 percent of American states have more economic freedom than Kentucky – a fact that could prove to hamper the commonwealth’s prospects for economic growth. The “U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report” by the Pacific Research Institute and Forbes magazine reports that only 10 states have less economic freedom ...
Lessons from the $388 million Hyatt case: How current tax policy hurts California
California’s financial problems may have gotten worse by $388 million, according to an August 16 Nevada trial verdict in favor of an inventor mistreated by California’s Franchise Tax Board. The unprecedented case highlights California’s enforcement tactics and points to the solution for state revenue instability. Gilbert P. Hyatt, an electrical ...
The First Presidential Debate and Legal Reform
The First Presidential Debate and Legal Reform The first presidential debate takes place Friday in Oxford, Mississippi. Oxford…Oxford…Oxford…Now whom is it we associate, lately, with Oxford, Mississippi? Right. It’s the home of Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, the giant among trial lawyers. Or at least it was until July. “Court Orders Dickie ...
Commentary: Who do you think will be better for the economy: John McCain or Barak Obama?
Cartoonist Scott Adams, he of “Dilbert” fame, was plagued by the same question so, he reports, he commissioned a survey of more than 500 economists, “to find out which candidates for President of the United States would be best for the economy long term,” a release put out by United ...
