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You may download these articles, many of which are excerpted below. Most are provided in both Word Perfect and Microsoft Word 2.0 format. Please note that later versions of Microsoft Word (6.0, 7.0, etc.) will read the 2.0 format. Some are provided only in text format.

The Real Consumer Revolution in Healthcare: Defined-Contribution Health Plans
Gary Ahlquist, David Knott, and Phil Lathrop
July 12, 2000

The Transition from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution Pension Plans in the Public Sector
Lawrence E. Kochard, Ph.D.
January 14, 2000

Splitting Hairs over Cosmetology Laws
Erin Rooney
November 11, 1999

A Reasoned Approach to State Tax Cuts
Allen Ford, Ph.D., and Keith Chauvin, Ph.D.
March 30, 1999

An Investment Analysis of the Kansas Highway System
John Semmens, Ph. D.,  and Myron Calhoun, Ph.D.
March 25, 1999

The Prospect of Liberty in Kansas Pension Reform
by Joel Mowbray
December 21, 1998

Education Costs in Kansas Compared to Neighboring States
by Bryan Riley
February 10, 1997

The $3 Billion Question: Will The Legislature Finally Let Kansans Vote on Controlling Government Spending?
by Bryan Riley
January 16, 1997

Fifty Laboratories of Democracy: Changing Public Policy in the States Will Change Everything
John W. Cooper, Ph.D.
October 4, 1996

Welfare vs. Work: Aid Programs Offer Kansans a Dead-End Ride
By Michael Tanner with Bryan Riley
May 13, 1996

Is Cutting Taxes Bad for Children?
By Bryan Riley
May 6, 1996

In addition, two studies are available from us 
upon request:

Financing Kansas Schools, by Glenn W. Fisher, Ph.D., 
January 13, 1997

and

Analysis of State Income Tax Cap Proposal, by The Heritage Center for 
Data Analysis, January 11, 1999

 
On Economic
Liberty:

"A free and competitive system is necessary to a free government. Neither political nor civil liberty long survives the loss of economic liberty. Each and all of these liberties, with the precious human rights which they involve, must be preserved intact and inviolate."

—Alf Landon

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