Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Dealing with OPEC
October 15, 2022
From the perspective of most Alaskans, the actions of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) affect the Alaska economy in two major…
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Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The missing voice in Alaska’s fiscal debate
Brad Keithley October 7, 2022
Generally speaking, fiscal policy is about balancing government spending wants against willingness to pay.
Just like a kid in a candy store, the aggregate wants…
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: There is no conflict between SB 26 and the PFD statute
Brad Keithley September 30, 2022
One of the claims we sometimes hear from those seeking to rationalize legislative cuts in the statutory Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is that there...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Dunleavy & Gara’s fiscal policies are taken from Fantasyland, Walker’s from Leona Helmsley
Brad Keithley September 23, 2022
In last week’s column we updated the 10-year outlook for Alaska’s fiscal situation for current...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The September state budget update
Brad Keithley September 16, 2022
Three months ago we published a “June revenue update,” as we explained there, to fill in a gap we believe exists in the Department...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Is the State (Governor + Legislature) leaving money on the table?
Brad Keithley September 9, 2022
Last month we wrote a column entitled “How much would ‘government take’ from oil need to increase to balance the budget.” In that column...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: Where (and why) we differ from DOR’s revised FY23 & FY24 revenue forecast
Brad Keithley September 2, 2022
Recently, the Department of Revenue (DOR) has been publishing updates (what it labels...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: “People who have money, they will leave 😱😱😱”
Brad Keithley August 26, 2022
One of the criticisms we hear most often about this column is that we focus too much on the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). The...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: How much would “government take” from oil need to increase to balance the budget
Brad Keithley August 19, 2022
In our column a couple of weeks ago we looked at how much oil production would need to increase to...
Brad Keithley’s chart of the week: The impact on Alaska families of broadening the funding base
Brad Keithley August 12, 2022
Often when we look at the distributional impact of various Alaska funding options we use the analysis developed by the Institute on Taxation and...