Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The PFD debate
April 4, 2026
As codified in current law, Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) functions much like a preferred corporate dividend. The amount is set…
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Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why current Alaska fiscal policy is bound to fail
Brad Keithley May 24, 2026
As many have said in different ways, there’s an element in current Alaska fiscal policy that makes it bound to fail: the most politically influential Alaskans, including Alaska’s legislators, don’t have to pay for the costs of government. To them, it is a “free good"
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Investment Tradeoff: Higher Returns vs. Lower Variability
Brad Keithley
May 1, 2026
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why a dedicated “Education Fund” would undermine a long-term fiscal plan
Brad Keithley
April 10, 2026
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why Gov. Dunleavy’s sales tax takes less from middle and lower-income families than Rep. Galvin’s income/education tax
Brad Keithley March 27, 2026
Over the past couple of weeks...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What the Spring Revenue Forecast tells us about the need for oil tax reform
Brad Keithley March 20, 2026
Regular, or even occasional, readers of this page will likely recall that, in previous columns, we have...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Thoughts on changing the POMV draw percentage
Brad Keithley March 13, 2026
Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee introduced Senate Bill (SB) 274, “An Act relating to the computation of the amount available for...
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Stabilizing Alaska’s boom-bust-boom-bust revenue cycles
Brad Keithley March 6, 2026
As we have discussed in previous columns, one of, if not the greatest, causes of Alaska’s fiscal problems is the use of projected year-ahead...