John LaPlante
Monday, February 26, 2007If you want fewer jobs, tax incomeFiled As: Budget and Tax, EmploymentIf you want fewer jobs, tax income.That's one lesson that might be drawn from a research notes from the Arkansas Policy Foundation . In a short publication released this month, the Foundation compares the states on their record of job growth in ... more »»
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Friday, February 23, 2007More Inflation ... in SchoolsFiled As: Education (k-12)Monetary inflation destroys a currency. Will academic inflation destroy education?Two new reports from the U.S. Department of Education suggest that inflation continues to be a problem. The High School Transcript ... more »»
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Friday, February 23, 2007Teachers Underpaid?Filed As: Education (k-12)Teachers are underpaid? Not quite, say Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters: "According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, public school teachers earned $34.06 per hour in 2005, 36% more than the hourly wage of the ... more »»
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007Health Care Spending to Double Within 10 YearsFiled As: Health CareIs the U.S. sliding towards a single-payer system? Governments of all levels have continued to pay more and more of health care costs, and a new report in the journal Health Affairs predicts even more. The ... more »»
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007Real-World Socialism Fading AwayFiled As: GeneralLong term, socialism doesn't work. Never has, never will.The oldest kibbutz (commune) in Israel has voted, overwhelmingly, to privatize. Until now, the 97-year old settlement was the model of socialism. Says the Guardian newspaper: "In the past the 320 members of ... more »»
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Friday, February 16, 2007Everything You Should Have Learned in College But Didn'tFiled As: Education (higher), EventsI attended an allegedly superior private college for my undergraduate schooling. But my education in the value of free peoples and free markets was woefully inadequate, if not missing entirely. Students who attend the University of North Carolina (UNC) may have the same plight, but they can receive ... more »»
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Thursday, February 15, 2007Long-Term Care: Who Will Pay?Filed As: Health CareWhen is good news also bad news? When it comes to financing long-term care (LTC). For example, medical advances are letting people live longer lives--only to fall victim to Alzheimer’s and other mental disorders. Given the avalanche of retirements expected from the baby boomer generation, ... more »»
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Thursday, February 15, 2007Buying Your Way to Heaven? Not in EducationFiled As: Education (k-12)If only the schools had the money they need ... I'll admit to being attracated by the subject line of the latest daily issue brief of the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute, "Stairway to Heaven." The subject of this more »»
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007Got Enough? The Problems with School Adequacy LawsuitsFiled As: Education (k-12)Is there an "adequacy" lawsuit in your state's future? Two articles in Education Next tell why those lawsuits are problematic for education, finance, and democratic governance itself. In "Courtroom Alchemy," James W. Guthrie and Matthew G. Springer argue that expert ... more »»
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Monday, February 12, 2007Accountability and the Case for Toll RoadsFiled As: TransportationThe other day I was traveling through the Denver airport when I saw a sign that illustrates one benefit of toll roads. The poster, hanging somewhere in Concourse B, featured a photo of, I presume, a father playing with his small child. The exact wording on the poster escapes my memory, but the ... more »»
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