A Taxing Time for States - How Tax Reform Can Make or Break a State's Economy
New Orleans native, Michael Lewis authored the 2003 best-selling book, Moneyball. This book told the story of Billy Beane and his successful turnaround of the Oakland Athletics baseball team using som...
5 Feb 20214min
JD Vance on the Path Out of Poverty
J.D. Vance is a Yale lawyer that established a foundation in his home state of Ohio after a career in finance and technology. His bestselling 2016 book, Hillbilly Elegy, opened the window to a world o...
29 Jan 20214min
American Migration and the Presidential Inauguration of the 46th President of the United States
COVID has not only changed how we live, but where we live. Interstate migration – the changes where Americans are living and where they are leaving – reveal that cost of living and tax policy plays a ...
22 Jan 20214min
Lessons on Leadership from My Grandfather - Coach Paul Dietzel
We are only 15 days into 2021, and already, the year has brought scenes of riots at the US Capitol that are now etched in our memory. In many ways, it feels as if the world changed on January 6, 2021....
15 Jan 20214min
New Year's Day - 2021
The year 2020 has been a time of devastation for millions across the world. For people in my home state of Louisiana, the tragedy of COVID was especially hard this week. Luke Letlow had recently won a...
1 Jan 20213min
A cyber-security breach amounts to an act of war…and hope for a Christmas that is stained with sorrow.
The cyber breaches this week at the US Departments of Commerce, Energy, Homeland Security and Treasury were described as one of the most serious and comprehensive series of attacks in American history...
18 Des 20204min
The economy sputters as job losses mount and unemployment assistance comes to an end…and Facebook goes to Court.
To understand the American economy right now, don’t just look at the Stock Market. While stocks are rising to some of the highest levels in history, there is growing concern the entire world of work i...
11 Des 20204min
The higher education bubble pops and religious liberty is protected – for now.
Robert Zemsky has served as the professor of higher education at the University of Pennsylvania for more than two decades. During his tenure, there have been big changes in the world of higher educati...
4 Des 20204min
