by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Dec 7, 2018 | Featured, Jones Act, President's Column, Website
Aloha, from Washington, D.C. Or as the locals say, “Get out of my way! That light has been green for two nanoseconds now!” I traveled here to the nation’s capital to participate Thursday in a conference about the Jones Act. Hosted by the Cato Institute, the event...
by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Nov 30, 2018 | Accountability, Budget, Cost of Living, Featured, President's Column, Privatization, Rail, Taxes, Website
In the past, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has been favorably disposed to public-private partnerships (P3s). While not quite the same thing as privatization, these partnerships are often a good way to improve public services and relieve taxpayers of some of the...
by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Nov 22, 2018 | Featured, President's Column, Website
Happy Thanksgiving, from all of us at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. This is a day when we stop to count our blessings. We are thankful for the freedoms and great opportunities we all enjoy in America — and to the many men and women who fought for and...
by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Nov 16, 2018 | Featured, President's Column, Regulation, Shared Economy, Website
Say you’re in desperate need of money and decide to rent a room in your Maui home through Airbnb. You look at the other rentals being offered and decide to make your price competitive at $100 a night. You know this won’t make you a millionaire — you’re just hoping it...
by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Nov 9, 2018 | Featured, President's Column, Regulation, Taxes, Website
At first it would seem like great news that Hawaii moved up a surprising eight places in the latest annual “Economic Freedom of North America” index, from 45th among all U.S. states in 2017 to 37th in 2018. But things are not always what they seem. In this...
by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | Nov 5, 2018 | Featured, President's Column, Rail, Website
Sometimes, addressing rail funding can feel like you’re standing on the tracks, politely asking Hawaii’s policymakers to consider hitting the switch and redirecting the train before it runs us over. That is why the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii last week was at a...
