Tag: Peter Fisher

Guest Blog (Michael Lipsky): ALEC’s and Arthur Laffer’s worthless recommendations for prosperity in the states

Michael Lipsky is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. This post originally appeared on the Policy Shop blog. For most of its history ALEC has operated in the background, but its influence recently drew the spotlight when its promotion of… Read more [More...]

Guest Blog (Peter Fisher): The Doctor is Out to Lunch – ALEC recommends wrong prescriptions for state prosperity

Peter Fisher is Research Director of the Iowa Policy Project. This is an abridged and edited version of a brief that was prepared as part of a larger research project critically examining several state economic competitiveness rankings published by national… Read more [More...]

Guest Blog (Peter Fisher): Everyone pays taxes

Peter Fisher is research director for the Iowa Policy Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 2001 to produce research and analysis to engage Iowans in state policy decisions. This post first appeared on their Policy Points blog and is… Read more [More...]