The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii achieved many legislative victories at both the state and county levels during 2025 that will help Hawaii residents thrive and prosper in the years ahead. At the state level, Grassroot supported bills aimed at broadening job opportunities, increasing government accountability and making it easier and
There is much to be upbeat about the past year, according to Keli‘i Akina, president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. And the future looks bright for 2026, he said, speaking this past Sunday with host Johnny Miro on the H. Hawaii Media radio network. “I’m hopeful for 2026 and
Above, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii staff and family appeared on the first slide of Sean Mitsui’s presentation to the Mises Tokyo free economy workshop in Japan. The words say: “From idea to reform / Hawaii think tank strategy / Sean Mitsui.” The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii’s finance director, Sean Mitusi,
The following is a complete transcript of Grasssroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli‘i Akina’s 13-minute conversation on Nov. 8, 2024, with radio host Stephen “Braddah” Gomes of the “Hawaii Radio Connection” program on 91.3 FM and 15540 AM radio in Seattle, Washington. 11-8-24 Keli‘i Akina with radio host Stephen “Braddah”
A new video produced by the popular Economics Explained website gives the Jones Act a well-deserved whupping for contributing to the exodus of lower-income residents from Hawaii. The Jones Act is the 104-year-old federal maritime law that restricts the shipping of goods between U.S. ports to only ships that are
HPU professor Ken Schoolland says harm to society can be minimized if individuals are responsible for the own actions How do well-intentioned government policies create morally hazardous incentives? That was the driving question of Hawaii Pacific University economics professor Ken Schoolland’s April 24 interview with Joe Kent, executive vice president
What if the key to prosperity lies not in central planning, but in individual liberty? In a March 28 interview with Joe Kent, executive vice president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, economist, author and Grassroot Scholar Ken Schoolland extolled the virtues of what he called “spontaneous order” — the
A popular economics book that got its start on Hawaii radio is making the leap from the page to the screen. “The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey,” written by Grassroot Scholar and Hawaii Pacific University economics professor Ken Schoolland, is being made into a three-seasons animated video
Hawaii hands out an average of 5,000 jaywalking tickets per year, the highest per capita in the nation, but that has done virtually nothing to promote pedestrian safety, according to Malia Blom Hill, policy director of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. “If jaywalking tickets were the solution to pedestrian danger
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the House Committee on Labor and Government Operations on March 12, 2024. ______________ March 12, 2024, 9:30 a.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 309 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Labor & Government Operations
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii achieved many legislative victories at both the state and county levels during 2025 that will help Hawaii residents thrive and prosper in the years ahead. At the state level, Grassroot supported bills aimed at broadening job opportunities, increasing government accountability and making it easier and
There is much to be upbeat about the past year, according to Keli‘i Akina, president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. And the future looks bright for 2026, he said, speaking this past Sunday with host Johnny Miro on the H. Hawaii Media radio network. “I’m hopeful for 2026 and
Above, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii staff and family appeared on the first slide of Sean Mitsui’s presentation to the Mises Tokyo free economy workshop in Japan. The words say: “From idea to reform / Hawaii think tank strategy / Sean Mitsui.” The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii’s finance director, Sean Mitusi,
The following is a complete transcript of Grasssroot Institute of Hawaii President Keli‘i Akina’s 13-minute conversation on Nov. 8, 2024, with radio host Stephen “Braddah” Gomes of the “Hawaii Radio Connection” program on 91.3 FM and 15540 AM radio in Seattle, Washington. 11-8-24 Keli‘i Akina with radio host Stephen “Braddah”
A new video produced by the popular Economics Explained website gives the Jones Act a well-deserved whupping for contributing to the exodus of lower-income residents from Hawaii. The Jones Act is the 104-year-old federal maritime law that restricts the shipping of goods between U.S. ports to only ships that are
HPU professor Ken Schoolland says harm to society can be minimized if individuals are responsible for the own actions How do well-intentioned government policies create morally hazardous incentives? That was the driving question of Hawaii Pacific University economics professor Ken Schoolland’s April 24 interview with Joe Kent, executive vice president
What if the key to prosperity lies not in central planning, but in individual liberty? In a March 28 interview with Joe Kent, executive vice president of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, economist, author and Grassroot Scholar Ken Schoolland extolled the virtues of what he called “spontaneous order” — the
A popular economics book that got its start on Hawaii radio is making the leap from the page to the screen. “The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey,” written by Grassroot Scholar and Hawaii Pacific University economics professor Ken Schoolland, is being made into a three-seasons animated video
Hawaii hands out an average of 5,000 jaywalking tickets per year, the highest per capita in the nation, but that has done virtually nothing to promote pedestrian safety, according to Malia Blom Hill, policy director of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. “If jaywalking tickets were the solution to pedestrian danger
The following testimony was submitted by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for consideration by the House Committee on Labor and Government Operations on March 12, 2024. ______________ March 12, 2024, 9:30 a.m. Hawaii State Capitol Conference Room 309 and Videoconference To: House Committee on Labor & Government Operations
