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DE School Choice Dr. John E. Stapleford, Director | 2/5/2020 According to the Wall Street Journal, Republican Ron DeSantis owes his gubernatorial victory in Florida to the support of about 100,000 African American women who were advocates for school choice. Of the roughly 650,000 black women who voted in the Florida election, 18% chose Mr. DeSantis. Could this happen in Delaware?   Certainly, the Delaware public schools have not delivered to the black community. According to

If the objective of Delaware’s economic development efforts is jobs, the available data may provide a logic for allocating development resources.   Over any particular year, the net change in employment comes from business start-up and expansion minus business closures and contractions. For 2015-16 the Census records a net change in employment for Delaware of 3,621. This comes from 17,758 jobs from start-ups and 34,893 from expansions minus a loss of 14,092 from closures and

A Gross Tax Dr. John E. Stapleford, Director | 1/25/2020 Delaware is one of just five states that levies a gross receipts tax (GRT). A GRT is an excise tax on the gross revenues of a company regardless of whether that company has profits or losses.   Public finance economists view the GRT as inefficient and unsound. It double or triple taxes business-to-business sales within a state. It punishes firms with low profit margins and high production volumes and discourages start-u

Delaware's 40-year experiment: pro-growth vs. anti-growth policies By Charlie Copeland  (pictured) Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending January 21, 2022 (Listen to radio interview ===>  Mike Bradley with Charlie Copeland from The Caesar Rodney Institute – 01-25-22 )     In 1980, the US and Delaware economies were in shambles. Forty years later, at the end of 2020, the US and Delaware economies were again suffering because of the global pandemic. Th

According to the leading index calculated by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, Delaware can expect a contraction in the state’s economy in the second quarter of 2020. Is there any reason for concern?   Each month the Phila Fed estimates leading indexes for all the states and the nation. A positive index number signals growth ahead while a negative index signals a possible contraction. Delaware has had a negative leading index for 5 straight months now. The last time this

The Sinkhole in the NCC Economy Dr. John E. Stapleford, Director | 1/15/2020 It took New Castle County (NCC) until 2015 for employment to return to the high water mark hit in 2007. Since 2015 the NCC employment has only inched forward at 0.6% per annum. And the Delaware Department of Labor projects this modest growth rate to continue through 2026.   To his credit NCC executive, Matt Meyer, is committed to NCC job creation during 2020. Meyer’s “Our Jobs Now” program is streaml

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