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Delaware Manufacturing Job Growth Opportunity   By  Charlie Copeland , Co-Director Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending June 30, 2021     Delaware has suffered a 31% decline in high-paying manufacturing jobs over the last 18 years. With federal funds from Covid stimulus legislation and tweaks to the State's site and business permitting process, Delaware could position itself for decades of manufacturing job growth. The Situation today   Delaware, it

Delaware Population Numbers Promises Low Economic Growth   by Dr. John Stapleford Co-Director, Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending June 24, 2021       Growth in population drives economic growth. A growing population increases demand for goods and services, and a growing working-age population means increased production.   How is population growth doing in Delaware? ANSWER 1:   Since the last published census (2010) through 2019, Delaware's populat

Remembering Foster Friess: CRI's friend & benefactor June 4, 2021     "In 2018, Foster launched Foster's Outriders with the mission to promote principles of free enterprise, limited constitutional government, fiscal responsibility, and traditional American values. Working with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, the foundation strives to unite Americans from all backgrounds around issues we can all agree on." These Outrider principles are totally aligned with those of C

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The Blockchain and Digital Assets- Critical to Delaware   by Charlie Copeland Co-Director Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending May 19, 2021     DELAWARE IS SITTING ON A POT OF GOLD!   In Q1 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal, $2 billion of "digital asset" transactions happened on the  Ethereum network , up from only $94 million the previous quarter.   These "digital asset" transactions were  smart contracts  - the sale and use of tokenized i

Delaware Legislators reduced the supply of manufactured homes   by Dr. John Stapleford Co-Director Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending May 7, 2021   Beginning in 2010, Delaware State legislators began efforts to put rent controls on manufactured home communities.   The argument was that there was an unequal bargaining position between community owners (landowners) and tenant-manufactured homeowners (homeowners).   If the homeowners believed that a

Offshore wind too ugly for the Hamptons but OK for other beach resorts?   By David T. Stevenson Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy May 4, 2021 (Photo source:  Vanity Fair and CRI's creative)       Officials in New York and the Federal Government determined that the proposed offshore wind turbine lease area off the Hamptons is too close and ruins the serene ocean viewshed. They also noted it is a threat to navigation, fishing, and endangered marine mammals.  The

Reducing taxes would jump-start Delaware's economic growth   by John Toedtman, Executive Director Caesar Rodney Institute (Updated May 4, 2021)     According to the  Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council , Delaware will end up with a $425 million cash surplus at the end of this Fiscal Year 2021 (June 30, 2021). With the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan just signed into law by President Biden, there is a high probability that the small states will be given another

A look into "Delaware's Economic Recovery": strongly suggests it's time for a tax cut   by Dr. John Stapleford Co-Director, Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending April 29, 2021     On April 13 th,  the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank president, Patrick Harker,  spoke to members of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce . According to Harker, the real Delaware economic recovery is underway, but it is "a work in progress."   Total Delaware employment