economy

Free Market

Tech Companies and Other Legacy Corporations Aren’t the Economy’s Job Creators

You may have heard politicians say in the past that “small businesses are the backbone of America.” The funny thing is that they are actually right.

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2021 Bills

HB 217: Creating a Legal Structure to Encourage Innovation

This bill creates an all-inclusive regulatory sandbox so innovative companies and business models can be shielded temporarily from punishment for coming into conflict with outdated laws or regulations.

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Op-Eds

Don’t forget tax reform for small businesses

A pioneer-era tax that's still on the books requires business owners to count up their property each year and pay a tax on it. It's time to repeal it.

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Op-Eds

Why you shouldn’t fear the peer-to-peer economy

Utah’s Constitution requires a free market, yet every year it seems that incumbent companies use antiquated laws to try to shut down their upstart competitors.

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Blog

The State of Economic Freedom in Utah

Utah has become very good at winning what could be called, “best of the worst” awards: “Best Managed State”, “Best State for Business”, “Best Economic Outlook." But as a deeper reading of the recently published Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America 2017 report shows, Utah has large room for improvement.

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Blog

The 2016 Real State of the State

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