Daniel Hager is an adjunct scholar with the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the author of several Viewpoint commentaries.
From Daniel Hager
Fast Food Wages and Fabian Follies
Published on Sept. 9, 2013
Prop 3: A Push Backward
There's a reason we abandoned the wind and sun for energy. … more
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 3:15pm
More Precipitation in Grand Rapids Means What?
Published on Nov. 17, 2011
Michigan Should Lower Its Renewable Portfolio Standard Requirements to Zero
Published on Oct. 3, 2011 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Michigan Should Lower its Renewable Portfolio Standard Requirements to Zero
Published on Sept. 9, 2011
‘Fantastic’ Food and Energy — Let’s Get Real
Published on Nov. 19, 2010
Thirst Quencher — Capitalizing on the California Exodus
Published on Nov. 12, 2010
Michigan’s Mythical Coming Drought
Published on March 30, 2010
Climate Distortion 101
Published on Feb. 25, 2010
The Pathology of Incubator Fever
Published on Jan. 22, 2010
Food Stamps and Dyseconomics
Published on Oct. 27, 2009
Is there a Ford in our presence?
Published on Dec. 9, 2008
Why Government Should Not Be in the Business of Subsidizing Businesses
Published on Oct. 31, 2006
How the Late Great Detroit Statler Lives On
“Life is service. The one who progresses is the one who gives his fellow human beings a little more, a little better service.” … more
Published on Oct. 5, 2006 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Proportioning Water
Published on July 21, 2005
Water Softener
Published on Feb. 10, 2005
Price-Fixing Versus the Poor
Published on Dec. 17, 2004
From Cranberries to Acrylamide — 45 Years in the Anxiety Industry
Published on Nov. 25, 2004
What Is the Best Way to Teach Reading?
Published on April 25, 2003
Henry Ford’s 1927 Reinvention and the Implications for Public Education
Published on Dec. 11, 2002
Marketplace or Morality Play?
Published on Oct. 9, 2002
Federal "Anti-Fat" Bill Nothing But Meddlesome Pork
Too many Americans are too overweight, according to some U.S. senators. Their recently introduced bill to make us slimmer is a breathtaking example of meddlesome social engineering—according to 19th-century economist Frédéric Bastiat. … more
Published on Aug. 8, 2002
The Muckrakers Reconsidered
According to the conventional (but false) version of history, the so-called muckrakers of a century ago shined the light on the nefarious excesses of capitalism and ushered in the age of benevolent government regulation. … more
Published on July 31, 2002
Are More Laws the Answer to Corporate Scandals?
Corrupt activity by corporate executives is on the way out now. Congress is passing new legislation to put tighter clamps on business. That’ll solve the problem. Or will it? … more
Published on July 18, 2002
Would You Like Taxes with That?
The federal government has found a new crisis: It is America’s “obesity epidemic.” Something must be done, and naturally government must do it. … more
Published on July 11, 2002
The Other Meaning of Arbor Day
J. Sterling Morton, who established Arbor Day in 1872, fought protectionist economic policies that allowed lumber companies to deplete forests and charge Americans a "bounty" in the form of inflated prices. As Americans celebrate the holiday this April 26, they should remember this feisty champion of impartial economic policies and small, efficient government. … more
Published on April 1, 2002 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Michigan Settlers vs. Malaria, or How the Midwest Was Won
A wet and rainy spring has translated into another Michigan summer full of swarming mosquitoes. But current residents have it much better than their 19th-century forebears did. Early generations of Michiganians suffered terribly from widespread outbreaks of malaria, until thousands of square miles of wetlands were drained to drastically reduce the habitat of the disease-carrying mosquitoes. … more
Published on Aug. 2, 2001 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
A Grand (Hotel) Lesson in Free Enterprise
The International Monetary Fund 's efforts to bail out failing foreign economies with American tax dollars harm not only thoseeconomies but also Michigan workers whose jobs depend on exported goods. … more
Published on Jan. 4, 1999 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Food Irradiation: Markets or Mandates?
Astronauts and people in 28 countries eat food made safer by exposure to small doses of bacteria-killing radiation. Why aren't more American consumers able to take advantage of this potentially life-saving technology? … more
Published on Oct. 5, 1998 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
The Rediscovery of Booker T. Washington: Lessons for Black History Month
Booker T. Washington's formula for entrepreneurial success-strong character and an "I can do it" attitude-is undergoing a revival among black inner city students. … more
Published on Feb. 2, 1998 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Tocqueville and the Michigan Mosquito
Vicious insects and their wetlands habitat once threatened to make Detroit the "Malaria City" instead of the "Motor City." Does today's wetlands policy balance human health and economic needs? … more
Published on July 7, 1997 – Viewpoint on Public Issues
Getting Our Money's Worth in Reading Instruction
Educational fads have failed to improve reading skills in over twenty years. Instead of increasing subsidies to the status quo, the current budget could be spent on more fruitful teaching methods. … more
Published on March 3, 1997 – Viewpoint on Public Issues