May 20, 2019

Occupational Licensing: The Challenging Landscape for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners

Due to the increase in requirements for occupational licenses people are finding it harder and harder to start businesses.

Since the 1950s the number of people required to have a license to work has gone from 1 in 20 to 1 in 3.

Why Investors Aren’t Driving Atlanta’s Housing Crisis

Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs

Arkansas’s Costly Medicaid Lesson Provides Warning for Other States

When the federal Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” passed, it offered a much higher federal-state match if states expanded Medicaid welfare prog

By Jonathan Small

American Enterprise Institute

The Water Fight over Data Centers Is a Distraction. The Grid Fight Is the Real Story.

America's almond growers use 70 to 90 times more water than every data center in the country combined — so why is water the argument everyone's having?

By Daniel Lyons

Commentary

Why Medicare Pays More for the Same Healthcare, Depending on the Building

Most people are probably aware that where they receive their healthcare affects the price. For example, treatment in an emergency room costs more than in a prim

By Chris Denson

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Why Medicare Pays More for the Same Healthcare, Depending on the Building

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