Guest Commentary: The Dark Side of “Economic Development” in New Orleans

By Editor

03/11/2011

The multi-billion dollar LSU and Veterans Affairs Hospitals project, seen by many as harmless economic development, has important implications for property rights and fiscal responsibility.

TAGS: Department of Housing and Urban Development, FEMA, Hurricane Katrina, Road Home, University Medical Center, Veterans Affairs

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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