By:
Gene Perry
March 12, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Arthur Laffer and OCPA have begun responding to a few of the many criticisms of their tax proposal. Their latest argument boils down to this: it’s “Economics 101” that tax cuts are always pro-growth, because when less income goes to…
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By:
Kate Richey
February 29, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Two bills that would require applicants for TANF benefits to submit to and pay for a drug test, HB 2388 and SB 1073, have cleared their first committees and are moving through the legislative process. TANF stands for ‘Temporary Assistance…
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By:
David Blatt
February 15, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
The 2012 legislative session convened last Monday and will run until the end of May (click here for a complete run-though of how this works in our handy Legislative Overview). With 1,934 new bills filed, it takes awhile before we…
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By:
David Blatt
February 13, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Update: We have put out a fact sheet summarizing major flaws in the Laffer report.
Do states without an income tax enjoy stronger economic growth? This is one of the central claims made by economist Arthur Laffer in a recent…
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OK Policy is pleased to partner with CFED to release the 2012 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, a comprehensive look at wealth, poverty, and the financial security of families.
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By:
Kate Richey
January 31, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In Oklahoma, more than one in four households are “asset poor,” meaning they have little or no financial cushion to rely on if unemployment or another emergency leads to a loss of income, according to a report released today by…
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By:
David Blatt
January 25, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Doug Hall is Director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network at The Economic Policy Institute. This is a slightly revised version of a post that originally appeared on EPI’s Working Economics blog.
Later today, I will pass through two…
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By:
David Blatt
January 19, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Matthew Norris is Board President of Fab Lab Tulsa, Inc. and is one of the principal founders of the organization. This post originally appeared on the Fab Lab Tulsa blog.
Fab Lab Tulsa opened on a hot September 13th in…
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A presentation by Dr. David Blatt, Director of Oklahoma Policy Institute and Steven Shepelwich, Senior Community Development Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Assets mean economic security. Yet impoverished families frequently lack the means to build assets. …
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By:
Kate Richey
January 12, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Our friends at Prosperity Works have created an excellent video on the ins-and-outs of IDAs. What is an IDA? It is not, as some Facebook users suggested, internet dating advice or the International Department of Awesome. IDA stands for individual…
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