Cronyism

Although legislative gridlock is a top concern of the American public, Investor’s Business Daily argues that gridlock saves the American tax payer a lot of money. Among other things, rates of spending are checked, and other potentially costly programs are held at bay by the lack of consensus. However,…

If you were looking for a quick summary of public-choice economics, you could just consult Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' comments on Pres. Trump's tariffs.

Beacon Center CEO Justin Owen said that studies show film incentives "have a return on investment of anywhere from just seven cents per dollar to 28 cents per dollar, an investment that only the government would make."

Bradbury's findings would mean the rebate North Carolina is offering is two-and-a-half times greater than we would need — if our program were only about boosting the film industry here. Since it's about boosting the overall state economy? We need to get rid of it altogether as an ultimately ineffective ploy.

New research from Kennesaw State University economist John Charles Bradbury finds "little evidence" that movie production incentives help state economies.

The film office simply takes the amount of spending reporting by film production companies in Georgia and multiplies it by 3.57. They've been doing it that way since 1973 but remember know why.

Moore says renewable energy sources are complete creatures of government favoritism, and after 30 years we still can’t cut the umbilical cord. This is true, and I've shown that renewable energy advocates admit it publicly.

The most heavily subsidized energy sources are renewables, especially if you consider it in terms of electricity generated per dollar of federal subsidy.