State mandates put in place to temporarily limit the spread of COVID-19 created widespread, ongoing economic ramifications. Economists and others are working to estimate the full costs of these actions, but the task is difficult considering how unprecedented and broad these state mandates have been. This virtual event will discuss sound economic theory and practical suggestions for initiating research, locating data and producing good, original scholarship. Join us at 6:00 pm EST. Sponsored by the Charles M. Bauervic Foundation, and presented in conjunction with Northwood University, our presenters will be Michael LaFaive, senior director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative at the Mackinac Center, and Northwood University department chair Dale Matcheck. This event will be moderated by John Gustincic, director of the Alden B. Dow Center for Creativity and Enterprise.
Patients would benefit if the state brought back temporary measures Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made to suspend some unnecessary and costly regulations in health care.
The financial relief pushed to schools during the pandemic has created gaps between different schooling options in ways that discount actual student needs.
Death rate increased more in Michigan than in neighboring states
Under the governor’s approach to the pandemic, all that is not explicitly permitted is prohibited under penalty of law.
Data don’t justify the governor’s continued restrictions on gatherings
Prohibitions and high excise tax rates lead to increases in smuggling
Current interest on pension debt costs $2.3 billion per year
State licensing delays renew discussions on industry’s prospects
There are better ways to discourage smoking
