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Op-ed: The risk of risk aversion at the Federal Aviation Administration
Op-ed: Replacements for plastic straws have their own problems
Op-ed: ESA and Cooperative Conservation in the West
Op-ed: Conservative Media Skew Story on ‘Dreamer’ Arrests
Op-ed: How Banning Plastic Straws Could Make Pollution Even Worse
Op-ed: How Pork-Barrel Spending Shapes the Ideological Composition of Congress
Shughart Discusses Applied Microeconomic Theory and Public Choice on Podcast
Op-ed: Hydro Projects Get Lost in Red Tape
Op-ed: Ineffectiveness of Renewable Portfolio Standards
Smith Discusses Renewal Portfolio Standards on Podcast
Jenkins Participates in Public Lands Discussion
Op-ed: Energy Markets Serve National Security Better than Favoritism
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli The Trump administration proposed a policy aimed at helping suffering coal and nuclear power plants by requiring utilities to purchase electricity from these plants. CGO researchers, Camille Harmer and Josh T. Smith, write about the
Op-ed: It’s a new day for daily fantasy sports betting
Op-ed: The High Cost of Solar Mandates
Congratulations to Graduating CGO Student Research Fellows
Koopman Discusses Aviation Empowerment Act on Podcast
Koopman Testifies Before Joint Economic Committee
Op-ed: Flight-sharing could bring Uber to the skies
Op-ed: Despite safety record, Chernobyl haunts nuclear power industry
Op-ed: Allow the testing of driverless cars on their roads
Op-ed: Telling Dreamers to ‘get in line’ misses the mark on immigration
Op-ed: Tariffs and Econ 101
Koopman Joins Center for Growth and Opportunity
Tech policy scholar to lead strategy and research at The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University LOGAN, Utah — Christopher Koopman, former Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason
Students Present Research on Capitol Hill
Undergraduate Research Fellows from the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University presented research at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, on February 28, 2018. Their presentation was part of the annual event Utah’s Research on
Op-ed: Mixed Signals for U.S. Solar Industry
Op-ed: 11 Billion reasons to raise park entry fees
Op-ed: ‘Dreamers’ are worth the wall
Op-ed: Keep fossil fuels in the ground, supports a form of economic self-destruction
Professor William F. Shughart II, of Utah State University, and Josh Smith, of the Center for Growth and Opportunity, argue that the best way to promote progress in the renewable energy sector is not to halt production of fossil fuels. Refusing to acknowledge that the