Spring 2020

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Editor's Note

Balancing risks with freedom
By Mike Nichols

Harmful history of government set-asides

Preferential contracts undermine the truly disadvantaged, and programs are prone to fraud.
By Ken Wysocky

Badger Briefing: Here's what we're hearing

Numbers and nuggets from trends we've observed on topics from licensing boards to school choice to property crime rates.

Paving the way for Tesla

Outdated Wisconsin law hampers electric automaker's direct-sales business model.
By Paul Gores

Great Lakes' natural fluctuation

Climate change has been blamed over the years for the rise ... and fall ... and rise again of lake levels.
By Bruce Edward Walker

Socialist dream failed in Ripon

1800s utopian commune called Ceresco was established - and collapsed - just blocks from where GOP was later founded.
By Lamont Colucci

Environmentalism is a conservative value

Protecting the environment should be a goal for individuals of every political and economic stripe.
By Bruce Edward Walker

Frontlines: Building something that lasts

How people — and finely crafted furniture — leave an indelible imprint on our lives.
By Mike Nichols

A reasoned response to the COVID-19 crisis

Badger Institute analysts and visiting fellows have weighed in on the COVID-19 health and economic crisis from a variety of perspectives over the past several weeks.
By Ike Brannon, David Fladeboe, Julie Grace, Robert W. Poole Jr. and Marie Rohde