September, 2011 - Independence Institute

Health insurance: employers want to attract healthy employees, avoid sick 0
- September 27, 2011
With the current regulations … a rational employer has strong incentives to find every legal way possible to attract employees who are healthy and avoid those who are sick Continue reading →
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What Is Middle Class?0
- September 27, 2011
A couple of weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that Proctor & Gamble was no longer marketing to the middle class but instead has a two-tier marketing strategy (if you don’t have a subscription, you can get the gist of the article here). This has led to all kinds of discussion by the chattering […]
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Fordham’s Checker Finn: School Districts Ready to Go the Way of Horse & Buggy 0
- September 26, 2011
Fordham Institute president Checker Finn asks the provocative question: Are local school district boards and the 19th century governance structure they represent about ready to wither away and disappear? The Education Policy Center has raised the issue before, saying we need more local control by students and parents. Could such a change be in Colorado’s future?
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It’s Here!!! “The Original Constitution: What it Actually Said and Meant” — All New 2nd Edition!0
- September 25, 2011
My book, The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant is—believe it or not—the first book EVER to explain the legal force of the entire U.S. Constitution as it stood in December, 1791, right after adoption of the Bill of Rights. There have been many books surveying parts of the Constitution, or purporting to
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Abound Solar's connections to $400 million 0
- September 25, 2011
This column appeared originally on Townhall Finance. Crony capitalism Abound: anatomy of a taxpayer-guaranteed loan By Amy Oliver Cooke By now it’s obvious that the Solyndra scandal never should have happened. It’s not even a case of Monday morning quarterbacking. A number of people involved could see the disaster coming. There is a larger principle
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Former Education Policy Center Intern Makes Splash on School Choice Week Blog 0
- September 23, 2011
Little Eddie finally has a run for his money. What do I mean? In lieu of diving into another deep topic on a Friday, instead let’s take a look at the school reform blogging debut of a recent Education Policy Center intern, Devan Crean. Writing on the School Choice Week blog, she asks the ever-important […]
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