Ms. Hannah K. Mead

A Fatheaded Policy

Nov. 11, 2009 General Article

Only in America can researchers lament the availability of inexpensive food. Instead of appreciating how amazing it is that America's poorest are too fat, a recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research hints that minimum wages should be raised to take away Americans' access to abundant, cheap food.

Advice From the Nanny State (Capitol Confidential)

Oct. 27, 2009 Michigan Capitol Confidential

A review and analysis of important state legislative policy issues that do not always receive attention from the general media. Michigan Capitol Confidential will make it easier to keep tabs on your elected representatives in Lansing.

The Bone of Contention

Sept. 28, 2009 General Article

Advice From the Nanny State (Viewpoint)

Sept. 7, 2009 Viewpoint on Public Issues

Advice from the Nanny State

Aug. 7, 2009 General Article

Pulp Fiction

Aug. 8, 2008 General Article

Gouging Consumers and Businesses Alike

June 26, 2008 General Article

Hannah K. Mead became an assistant editor for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in July 2009. Prior to assuming this position, she worked twice as a summer intern for the Center's communications department.

Mead holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Hillsdale College, having graduated summa cum laude with departmental honors. In her senior year, she received the economics department's Adam Smith Award for academic achievement, and she was selected to present a paper on constitutional political economy at the 2009 conference of the Association of Private Enterprise Education in Guatemala City.

Mead, originally from the state of Washington, lives in Midland, Mich., and never misses new installments of the comic strips "Get Fuzzy" and "9 Chickweed Lane."