Skip to main
University-wide Navigation

This op-ed by Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise affiliate, Dr. John Garen, was published by the Lexington Herald-Leader on November 15, 2018 

 


An ambulance ride of just a few miles can cost thousands of dollars, and a lot of it may not be covered by insurance. With ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft far cheaper and now available within minutes in many areas, would using one instead be a good idea?  Find out in The New York Times

 


Sept 7: Op-Ed - Dr. John Garen in the Lane Report

Conflict over public school financing arose again in the last legislative session, continuing the long-standing concern about the funding and performance of public schools.  Dr. John Garen is a co-author of a recent report that was released by the Pegasus Institute that speaks to these issues by presenting several facts and patterns regarding Kentucky’s K-12 system over the past two-and-a-half decades. 

 


Dr. Charles Courtemanche research on Walmart Supercenters was cited in Bloomberg on June 28, 2018. 

 


June 27: Dr. Courtemanche's paper was referenced in MarketWatch: Living closer to a Walmart will improve a household’s food security — meaning they will have better access to safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs — according to a new working paper distributed Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. (Walmart did not immediately return a request for comment.)

 


April 1-4: Dr. John Garen organized and moderated two sessions for the Association for Private Enterprise Education annual conference: 

“Labor Markets and Healthcare Markets”

“Empirical Studies of Government Intervention and Its Effects”

https://www.apee.org/2018-conference/

 


June 1st: Dr. John Garen was on Kentucky Tonight to discuss the economy and trade.  

https://www.ket.org/episode/KKYTO_002523/


 

 


March 27th: Dr. John Garen presented and served as a panel moderator on “The Emergence of Shared Economies,” EMERGE 18 conference hosted by Commerce Lexington  

http://emergelexington.com/#speakers

 


April 28th: Drs. Courtemanche, Marton, Ukert, Yelowitz & Zapata were quoted in PJ Media

 


March 8: Dr. Aaron Yelowitz & Dr. Tim Harris's article in the Public Health Post: African Americans Own More Life Insurance, Not Less