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Outdated Wisconsin law hampers electric automaker’s direct-sales business model.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
