A smarter economic pathway for Delaware | 11/28/2018

This article was originally printed in the Delaware State News on February 19, 2016.   COMMENTARY: A smarter economic pathway for Delaware February 19, 2016 · by Dace J. Blaskovitz and Dr. John E. Stapleford With a budget battle about to begin, what does the data suggest as t...

If Delaware Adopts a Sales Tax... | 11/28/2018

Overall, Delaware has the 14th best 2015 business tax climate according to the Tax Foundation. Even more important, as jobs are far more likely to move between contiguous states, Delaware’s tax climate is far better than surrounding states in the region (see the tabe available in the download ...

Government integrity in Delaware | 11/28/2018

This article first appeared at Delawareonline.com on November 18, 2015, and in the News Journal November 19, 2015.   As noted by The News Journal, a recent report by the Center for Public Integrity and Global integrity rated Delaware State Government as 48th among the states in accountabi...

Reviving Delaware Manufacturing | 11/28/2018

This article originally appeared on Delawareonline.com on October 11, 2015, and in the News Journal October 12, 2015.   Despite their coordinated public relations splash on The News Journal’s Opinion pages, both Sen. Coons and Gov. Markell demonstrated a surprising lack of knowledge...

State Regulatory Burdens: How Does Delaware Compare? | 11/28/2018

The recovery from the 2008-2009 recession has been the longest and weakest since WWII. Typically an upswing in domestic real investment initiates a recovery. The two main components of real investment are residential housing and nonresidential (business) investment. The bursting of the housing bubbl...

High Electric Prices Hurt Economic Growth | 11/28/2018

This article was originally published on October 28, 2014 on the website InsideSources.com. This article is reprinted in its entirely with permission.   Economic research on the impact of energy prices on economic growth has focused largely on the volatility of the price of oil, which has tri...

The Latest Tax Climate Report | 11/28/2018

The Tax Foundation has recently released its 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index. As usual the "tax you until you leave" states of New Jersey, New York and California fall at the bottom of the rankings. Besides the "energy belt" states, it is no surprise that Florida, New H...

The positive benefits of a Right to Work law for Delaware | 11/28/2018

    A recent report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute confirms once again the economic boost that right to work laws provide states.     Richard Vedder and Jonathan Robe, in "An Interstate Analysis of Right to Work Laws," confirm that over time the ...

New Castle Co, Wilmington economic plans are a good start | 11/28/2018

This article originally appeared in The News Journal as a Delaware Voice opinion editorial on November 18, 2014. The link is: http://delonline.us/1p1urFA   New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon and Wilmington Mayor Dennis Williams are to be congratulated for allowing consultants to produce ...

How is the state paying so much overtime? | 11/28/2018

             Caesar Rodneys Transparent Delaware website has been updated to include state employee payroll data through 2013. An initial pass at the latest data continues to raise the question as to why the State of Delaware government doe...