Tennessee Center for Policy Research president Justin Owen takes elected officials to task over their abuse of the “technical corrections” process that serves as a vehicle for massive tax increases. This article originally appeared in Thursday’s Tennessean. by Justin Owen Thomas Paine...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research scholar Dr. Art Carden will have a weekly column on Forbes.com. His first article recounts a personal story about selling ponchos at football games to explain the economic benefits of self-interest. You can’t always depend on the kindness of strangers, but you...

In his monthly column in the Nashville City Paper, Tennessee Center for Policy Research president Justin Owen cautions against spending billions of dollars to build a high-speed rail line between Nashville and Atlanta. by Justin Owen You can always tell when people really want something by their willingness...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s Justin Owen warns against spending billions of taxpayer dollars on high-speed rail from Nashville to Atlanta in Friday’s Tennessean. by Justin Owen You know how to tell when people really want something? They are willing to pay full value for it. This...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research Board member Joe Scarlett, the former Chairman of Tractor Supply Co., takes to the Nashville City Paper to discuss the importance of promoting free markets in lieu of government regulation. “No one likes what has happened to our economy recently, but we should...

Elizabeth Cook, research associate at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, explains the perils of the state pre-Kindergarten program in Monday’s Tennessean. by Elizabeth Cook As sum­mer comes to an end, stu­dents across Ten­nessee are head­ing off to their first day of school. This year,...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research scholar Dr. Richard Grant shows how China’s decreasing reliance on government control over the economy is benefiting the communist nation. This article originally appeared in Sunday’s Tennessean. by Dr. Richard Grant “That which gets mea­sured, gets...

Acting Executive Director for the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Justin Owen weighs the pros and cons of the now “watered-down” cap-and-trade bill. He concludes that the bill’s “election-induced coma is at least a temporary victory for those interested in less government.”...

Dr. Richard Grant explains the fundamental notion that higher taxes reduce the value of goods, resulting in less production. This article originally appeared in Sunday’s Tennessean. by Dr. Richard Grant When we want to discourage an activity, we might do so by raising the cost associated with doing...