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What's the Matter in America's Heartland?
Nocebos and Mass Hysteria
Utilities Could Be Allowed Entrance Into the Broadband Business
Regulatory Reform is High on the Legislative Action List
Mississippi's Certificate of Need Program
Recent Commentary
BPF Book Review | “How Innovation Works and Why It Flourishes in Freedom”
Ridley’s latest book tackles the complex subject of innovation with a treasure trove of stories and anecdotes from the past 500 years of real life inventors and innovators that moved history forward by improving productivity and with it, our quality of life. How Innovation Works is a great book for entrepreneurs, investors and those tasked with economic development.
Entergy’s Grand Gulf Is Causing Higher Electricity Bills for Its Customers
Entergy Mississippi customers are paying for power neither received nor even generated.
PERS — Retirees vs. Workers?
The time for can-kicking is past when it comes to fixing Mississippi’s defined benefit pension system. The Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi could soon ask taxpayers to increase their contribution to the pensions of state and local employees for the second time in two years.
The Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi Has Taken a Hard Hit
Mississippi’s defined benefit pension fund was hit hard by the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi released its annual comprehensive annual financial report on December 15, 2020 for fiscal 2020, which ended June 30 and the plan continues to take on water.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Warehouse and Distribution System
The recent issues with the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) warehouse and distribution system are just another example of why the government is a poor substitute for the private sector.
Doctor or Politician?
A recent analysis of CDC data by Johns Hopkins’ Dr. Genevieve Briand shows that increased deaths “involving” COVID-19 are offset by decreased deaths due to other causes. She finds that total deaths from all causes have not increased due to the virus.
What's the Matter in America's Heartland? – Bigger Pie Forum
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The remaining 25 mainly central states (red) participated in neither population nor economic growth near the national average for the past 50 years. The GDP and population of these states collectively...