Fiscal analysts use multiple lenses to evaluate whether a government budget is “balanced.” One is in an accounting sense of whether overall revenues equal...
Alaskans are no stranger to high prices given our geography and the many logistical challenges associated with getting goods to market as compared to...
Last week’s column focused on conducting a “thought experiment” on the Permanent Fund (Fund). It examined what would have happened if the balance of...
“Thought experiments are defined as the mental process of using hypotheticals to logically reason out a solution to a difficult question. As the name...
In a recent op-ed that is making its way through the state’s newspapers and other media outlets, former Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman rhetorically asks,...