Op-Ed Papers

“Are Small Businesses the Engines of Employment Growth?” Las Vegas Review Journal, July 17, 2011.

“Are Teachers and Professors Overpaid?” (with T. M. Carroll), The Alliance, April/May 2011.

“Are Government Workers Overpaid?” (with T. M. Carroll), Las Vegas Review Journal, March 30, 2011.

“Nevada’s Fiscal Structure in Need of an Overhaul” (with E. Parker), Las Vegas Sun, Tuesday, April 11, 2010.

“Where Did All the Money Go?” Las Vegas Business Press, Monday, June 22, 2009.

“Different Needs, Different Solutions to the Financial Crisis” Las Vegas Review-Journal, Friday, October 12, 2008.

“Making Sense Out of the Sub-Prime Lending Mess” Las Vegas Business Press, Tuesday, February 19, 2008.

“Limiting Political Corruption: Some Effective Remedies” Las Vegas Business Press, Friday, October 19, 2007.

“Mick Jagger Explains High Crude Oil Prices” Las Vegas Business Press, Monday, May 8, 2006.

“Bureau of Land Management Assists Drop in Housing Affordability,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sunday, September 3, 2006.

“Does Big Oil Collude and Price Gouge?” Las Vegas Business Press, Monday, May 8, 2006.

“The Housing Market: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sunday, October 9, 2005.

“Don’t Mess with the Market,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sunday, September 18, 2005.

“Deficits as Far as the Eye Can See,” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, August 6-12, 2004.

“Jobless Recovery: The New Economy?” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, November 14-20, 2003.

“High Credit-Card Interest Rates: What Gives?” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, October 17-23, 2003.

“The Match That Can Ignite the Economy,” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, June 20-26, 2003.

“Nevada’s Fiscal Woes,” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, March 28-April 3, 2003.

“Social Security or Private Security,” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, February 7-February 13, 2003.

“Debt Deflation: Can It Occur? Is It Dangerous?” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, November 29-December 5, 2002.

“A Little Information Technology Can Be a Dangerous Thing,” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, May 31-June 6, 2002.

“Whither Goeth the Stock Market?” Las Vegas Sun’s In Business, February 1-7, 2002.

“As the Recession Door Opens, Who Will Step Out -- the Lady or the Tiger?” Las Vegas Business Press, December 24, 2001.