Happy New Year! My Favorite Videos & Publications in 2017

12/31/2017

After many highs and lows in 2017 (similar to most years), there were certainly far more highs. The opportunities to be alive, have a wonderful wife and two healthy boys, have terrific family and friends, and achieve much this year give me much optimism for 2018.

I choose not to make New Year's resolutions. I choose to complete goals throughout the year and not make them one day of the year that will likely not be fulfilled after a short period.

This year I will do my best to be a wonderful husband, father, family member, and friend, advance in my career to improve opportunities to help others, educate the world about economics, and strive to be a better person every day.

Let's ring in 2018 with a renewed spirit of faith, health, wisdom, and prosperity! Happy New Year!

But before we do that, check out my top 15 videos and publications in 2017:

1) Watch this 30-min episode on state of Texas economy:
http://www.frtv.org/2017/11/texas-economy-the-state-of-texas/

2) Watch my interview on Capital Tonight discussing the benefits of the pro-growth Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed by Congress and signed by President Trump at time 3:30 here:
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/politics/2017/12/21/president-trump---it-s-always-a-lot-of-fun-when-you-win-

3) Texas model supports miraculous prosperity

4) Congress should follow the Texas model when it comes to government spending

5) Texans support, prosper from free trade

6) The Senate's healthcare double whammy: fewer jobs and less care

7) Lifting minimum wage would harm lowest-skill labor in Texas

8) Give voters more control of property taxes

9) Economic freedom in Texas: High — but room for improvement

10) Texans Need More Education for Their Money

11) Eliminating Property Taxes in Texas

12) Texans Deserve a Conservative Spending Limit

13) Funding Texas’ Public Schools for the 21st Century

14) Congress Should Follow Texas’ Lead in Ending Business Taxes

15) Is It Time to Tap the Texas’ Rainy Day Fund?

Vance Ginn, Ph.D.
#LetPeopleProsper

I'm a free-market economist based on the teachings of the Chicago and Austrian schools of economics. I'm a classical liberal with interest in removing government barriers to competition to let people prosper. I grew up in Houston, Texas where I went to home school, was a hard rock drummer, and was a first generation college graduate from Texas Tech University. I'm a recovering academic who now works at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin.

Check out more of my thoughts on Twitter: @vanceginn.