By:
Kate Richey
February 20, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The long-awaited 2014 farm bill reauthorization was signed into law in early February. First passed in 1933 to ease the economic pain of the Great Depression, it now bundles dozens of federal agriculture and food programs into one piece of…
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Guest
February 17, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Annie McKay is Executive Director of the Kansas Center for Economic Growth (KCEG). This post previously appeared on the KCEG blog.
Ever since Kansas enacted substantial income tax cuts in 2012 and 2013, we have eagerly awaited the prosperity and…
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By:
Kate Richey
January 30, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The 2014 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard is the leading source for data on household financial security and policy solutions. CFED’s 2014 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard evaluates how Oklahoma residents are faring across 66 outcome measures in five different issue areas…
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Despite an improving national economy and a (deceptively) low statewide average unemployment rate, nearly half (49.1 percent) of Oklahoma households are in a persistent state of financial insecurity, according to a report released today by the Corporation for Enterprise Development…
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Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City. This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard…
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By:
David Blatt
January 15, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The cost of tax breaks for oil and gas production in Oklahoma is escalating rapidly. This fiscal year and next, total incentives for oil and gas production in the form of lower tax rates and rebates are projected to exceed…
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Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City. This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard…
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Three years after it was signed into law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) remains contentious. Critics have especially focused on a provision that requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to offer affordable health insurance…
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Guest
December 30, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Shauna Lawyer Struby is the co-founder of Transition OKC, a catalyst for healthier, more resilient and sustainable communities. She lives in Oklahoma City with her family and two remarkably affable cats.
After decades of relative obscurity, urban agricultural practices that…
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By:
Kate Richey
December 19, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
I had the opportunity recently to hear Princeton psychologist Eldar Shafir talk about the research and principles behind his new book (co-written with Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan), “Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much.” The premise of the book…
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