Geoffrey Lawrence
Taxes can’t simply be ‘passed on’ to tourists
Faulty assumption gives birth to bad Nevada policies
Faulty economic assumptions have given birth to bad policies in Nevada.
Viva lost business
A new Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce campaign reeks of economic illiteracy
A new Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce campaign flies in the face of basic economics.
Social Security is not an asset
Angle’s reform ideas would give ownership to retirees
Reform ideas, including Angle's, would give ownership to retirees.
Bound and gagged
Union negotiations marked by compulsion, secrecy and predation
Union negotiations are marked by compulsion, secrecy and predation.
Challengers want sunlight
Non-incumbent candidates more favorable toward transparency
Non-incumbent candidates were much more likely to go on the record supporting transparency in government.
Reid’s budget plan: positive, but flawed
Plan plagued by untenable assumptions, absent evidence
Rory's plan is plagued by untenable assumptions and absent evidence.
Feds fire warning shot over state pensions
New Jersey SEC case is harbinger of things to come
For the first time the SEC has targeted a state pension system — this time New Jersey's — for fraudulent accounting.