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By Tim Shea Special Contributor   Last week, we left things off with a question: why would state governments require thousands of hours of professional instruction when public safety concerns can be addressed with a fraction of that? It’s an important question, one that must be answered to understand the growing harm of occupational licensing…

By Anthony Michael If the White House can deliver on tax reform, businesses will benefit immensely from the cuts and incentives proposed within the “Unified Framework”.  To fund the proposed tax cuts, GOP leadership is relying on a Regan-era economic theory, which argues that lower taxes will bring economic growth and expansion. While the jury…

By Tim Shea Special Contributor In the contemporary American political environment, one’s feelings towards economic regulations have become litmus test of sorts as to where one’s ideological loyalties lie. Are regulations, as the left insists, necessary oversites that protect against the damaging greed and excess of Corporate America? Or is the right correct in arguing…

By Tim Shea Special Contributor Few things in modern American life inspire such widespread disdain as our system of higher education. Indeed, when it comes to American academia, complaints come fast and furious. The costs are too high. The students are too fragile. The post-graduation job market—and thus the return on investment—is becoming increasingly dreary.…

By Nicholas Samuel Director of Research There are realities for every firm that allow for a natural process of filtering out site location candidates that would not be able to meet labor, site, or market access requirements. Likewise, firms typically have preferences for the kinds of communities and associated amenities that they place value on.…

By William Mellor VP & General Manager You probably saw this post coming a mile away. I mean, what kind of economic research firm would we be if we didn’t comment on the recent Nobel Prize winner in Economics?   This month, Dr. Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize in…

By Tim Shea Special Contributor   When I was a wee lad, perhaps ten or so, I overheard a memorable conversation between my parents. They were discussing their long-distance phone plan, because such things actually mattered back in the day. Basically, their current provider was offering ridiculously generous service packages in an attempt to lure…

The Angeloueconomics team is visiting Louisiana and the Shreveport-Bossier community as guests of the North Louisiana Economic Partnership during the 2017 NLEP Site Selectors Guild Familiarization Tour. Read the story here.

By Tim Shea Special Contributor   Third time’s the charm, right? Right? Well, maybe not. At least that’s the lesson President Trump is learning as his legislative counterparts yet again appear on the verge of failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act. With the fate of the Graham-Cassidy bill thus all but sealed, so too…

By Anthony Michael Project Manager, Economic Impact & Research   Earlier this month, AE began its tax reform mini-series by analyzing how tax rates would change under President Trump’s tax reform proposal. You can find that blog here. Today, we will explore two provisions, and how they collectively impact an economic activity that is currently…