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H1N1 and you: the economics of pandemics in brief
October 27th, 2009As we enter this cold and flu season, there is a new virus on the loose: H1N1. Well, it is not that new. It has mutated in a way that has become a little more difficult to control in its spread. While Congress debates health care reform becoming universal as a panacea for escalating health [...]
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Part II of Prop 13: Political Markets
October 5th, 2009In Part II of my take on Proposition 13, I will discuss the market for politics in Sacramento and why the 2/3 vote on new taxes and the majority vote on expenditures leads to problems. The basic issue is simple. When legislators need to move expenditures forward with a majority vote, it only takes one [...]
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Prop 13 Repeal: Part I on taxes
September 22nd, 2009Professor Robert Eyler writes the first part of a two-part series about Proposition 13 and its potential repeal.
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Part 2 in Professor Visser’s discussion of incentives
July 27th, 2009Part 2 in Professor Visser’s discussion of incentives, this time about our state government.
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Incentives Matter: Mortgages, Banks, and Financial Meltdown
July 20th, 2009Michael Visser, an economist at Sonoma State University, provides a discussion of incentives in our financial markets.
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A Blog about Leadership
July 12th, 2009A leading expert on leadership in Sonoma State’s School of Business and Economics comments on our state government.
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