The Next in the Alaska Business Monthly series: “Oil Reform Requires Fiscal...
As noted on these pages previously, recently I agreed to write a bi-monthly column on oil & gas issues for the Alaska Business Monthly. This is the second column, originally published in the...
View ArticleIt’s time to cut state spending: The numbers show future has arrived
(Reprinted from the Fairbanks News-Miner, October 7, 2012) AN OP-ED BY BRAD KEITHLEY James Carville is known for many things, but the one that always comes first to mind is the line he used to keep...
View ArticleThe Third in the Alaska Business Monthly series: “Alaska Oil Policy| Out of...
As noted on these pages previously, recently I agreed to write a bi-monthly column on oil & gas issues for the Alaska Business Monthly. This is the third column, originally published in the...
View ArticleFive things to look for in oil tax reform …
Politico, a mostly online newspaper that covers national political affairs — and with which I often open my mornings — routinely attempts to provide readers with a guide to significant upcoming events...
View ArticleFive takeaways from the Governor’s proposed budget …
Last Friday (December 14), Governor Parnell announced the Administration’s proposed state budget for Fiscal Year 2014. The full speech is available here. Later in the day, the Administration’s Office...
View ArticleAlaska Oil Policy| Understanding Investment (the sixth in the Alaska Business...
As noted on these pages previously, I write a bi-monthly column on oil & gas issues for the Alaska Business Monthly. This is the sixth column, originally published in the May 2013 print edition...
View ArticleAlaska Fiscal Policy: Is This Generation of Alaskans Failing the Next? (from...
In addition to pieces on this page and elsewhere, I write what began as a bi-monthly, and now has evolved into a monthly, column on oil, gas and fiscal policy issues for the Alaska Business Monthly....
View ArticleAlaska Oil| Is the Governor undermining SB 21 …
As thoughts begin to turn to the now-certain referendum on SB21 it is important to understand that there is one scenario under which the Governor himself could end up significantly undermining a key...
View ArticleWhy we need to halt the reimbursement of oil credits — and how …
This column will not be popular with some readers. But it needs to be written. As readers realize, Alaska is facing a significant financial challenge. Part of that is self-inflicted by not tapping all...
View ArticleBill Walker is becoming the new Sean Parnell …
Late last week we wrote a column analyzing the state of Alaska’s overall economy and the effect that Governor Walker’s PFD cut was having on it (“Yes, Alaska is now formally in a recession and Bill...
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