Commentary: Economic Freedom of the World 2018
by John McClaughry For a century or more politicians and economists and have argued about the relationship, if any, between economic freedom and human wellbeing. The Fraser Institute,...
Commentary: Unions vs. Teachers: Thoughts After Janus
By Rob Roper Following the Janus vs. AFSCME Supreme Court decision that ruled public sector unions can no longer force non-members to pay agency fees, both the unions...
Commentary: The School Consolidation Big Hammer
by John McClaughry For over half a century, the managers of Vermont’s public education system have yearned to consolidate school districts, get rid of “inefficient” small schools, and...
EAI Releases Study of How the ESSEX Carbon Tax Would Impact VT Households
For Immediate Release September 18, 2018 Contacts: Rob Roper, rob@ethanallen.org David Flemming, david@ethanallen.org EAI Releases Study of How the ESSEX Carbon Tax Would Impact VT Households To Read EAI’s...
Commentary: The Media is not “The Press”
August 31, 2018 By Rob Roper Recently hundreds of news publications around the country, including several here in Vermont, participated a coordinated editorial campaign decrying criticism aimed against...
Seven ESSEX Carbon Tax Profiles: What A Carbon Tax Means For You
August 30, 2018 By David Flemming To view all ESSEX Carbon Tax Profiles as a multiple-page PDF, click HERE. Our seventh Carbon Tax Profile looks at Tim Davis. Tim...
Canada’s Carbon Tax Failure, Eh?
August 15, 2018 By David Flemming When the 2018 legislative session opened, we heard that the ESSEX Carbon Tax would be great for Vermont because of how successful...
VT Legislator Roll Call Profiles
Are Your Representatives Representing YOU? See How They Voted on Key Issues. INTRODUCTION The following collection of Legislator Roll Call Vote Profiles is brought to you as...
The ESSEX Plan: Symbolic Environmentalism That Will Impose Economic Harm on Vermonters
by Jonathan A. Lesser, PhD I was asked by Vermont’s Ethan Allen Institute to prepare an economic analysis of The ESSEX Plan, the most recent carbon tax proposal...
