Electric vehicles (EVs) have been slowly gaining traction over the last few years. Some people believe EVs will replace gasoline powered vehicles; others believe they are a fad that will […]
A Simple Explaination of Alaska’s Oil Tax Credit Situation
As the Alaska Legislature completes its annual task of setting next year’s budget, conversations about oil tax credits have once again taken center stage. I thought I would take a […]
Bonding for Tax Credit Purchases may be a Good Deal for Alaska
The Alaska State Legislature is currently considering a bill that would allow the Department of Revenue (DOR) to borrow money to make oil tax credit purchases. The bill is called HB […]
The Rise of Driverless Cars
It might still sound like science fiction, but driverless cars are here. Actually, they’ve been here for almost a decade. In 2004, the US Military put out a $1 million […]
The Alaskan Case of Dutch Disease
We all dream about what we would do if a couple million dollars fell into our laps. It turns out, most of those stories don’t work out the way we […]
How Profitable Was Alaska’s North Slope?
In 1977, the monumental achievement known as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) was completed. It was the largest, most complex, and most expensive engineering feat of its time. As we […]