Good intentions pave road to homelessness

by Keli'i Akina, Ph.D. | May 22, 2018 | Content Type, Homelessness, Multimedia, Regulation, Research & Commentary, Website

We are all aware of Hawaii’s “pay to play” culture and “friends and family” cronyism, but the high cost of housing does not appear to be the result of widespread corruption. It is more a case of good intentions gone awry. That was the message...

Hawaii’s future generation will pay for unfunded liabilities

by David Swann | Apr 23, 2018 | Featured, Multimedia, Pension, Website

Future in Hawaii versus future on the mainland

by David Swann | Apr 16, 2018 | Featured, Multimedia

Hawaii taxpayers shackled by tax burden

by David Swann | Apr 9, 2018 | Multimedia, Taxes, Website

Hawaii’s business climate

by David Swann | Mar 18, 2018 | Content Type, Multimedia, Regulation, Taxes, Website

Overcharged for health care

by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii | Jan 25, 2018 | Health care, Multimedia, Regulation, Research & Commentary, Socioeconomics, Website

“There’s no real story here for why we should think that giving the government control of the health care economy would lead to a cost reduction. Cost reductions benefit consumers who are very widely distributed and disorganized, whereas the producers of health...