Policy Research

"Money is sound when it embodies the same virtues we all try to nurture in our children: honesty, trustworthiness, reliability." Dr. Judy Shelton, A Guide To Sound Money, (2010) Atlas Economic Research Foundation   (October 2015) The...

Summary: The Arkansas Policy Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Foundation focuses on fiscal and education policy.  This memo explains the idea that tax rates influence economic decisions about jobs and paychecks, and discusses how...

  Summary:  Sixteen states have school choice programs that provide tax credit scholarships to help students attend K-12 schools, according to the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, an Indianapolis nonprofit.   (August 2015) Arkansas' first private...

Summary: Arkansas jobs growth trails national and regional averages six years into the recovery.  States without income taxes lead the nation.   (June 2015) Six years after the Great Recession ended, Arkansas payroll employment growth trails...

(June 2015) Twenty years ago a small group of business owners and investors concerned about Arkansas' economic future organized the Policy Foundation as a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit think tank.   The Foundation emphasizes the importance...

(May 2015) Setting the record straight against Arkansas capital gains tax proponents is a full time job.  The myth that only a handful of wealthy entrepreneurs pay capital gains taxes is rebutted by state Department of Finance and...

"States with lower marginal income tax rates have higher economic growth ... Dependence on revenues from taxpayers in high marginal tax brackets exposes the state government to revenue instability, which makes forecasting much more difficult." Policy...

"The most callused aspect of the (Arkansas) education monopoly is that it willingly and deliberately forces children--except those whose parents have wealth--to attend bad schools. And it does so with financial resources taken from parents...

"The most callused aspect of the (Arkansas) education monopoly is that it willingly and deliberately forces children--except those whose parents have wealth--to attend bad schools. And it does so with financial resources taken from parents...

"The most callused aspect of the (Arkansas) education monopoly is that it willingly and deliberately forces children--except those whose parents have wealth--to attend bad schools. And it does so with financial resources taken from parents...