Most U.S. states (26) have a right-to-work law. They’ve proven effective at expanding worker freedom and improving state economies, which has made them popular across most of the country. But they have yet to expand into the Northeast, which now has lower economic growth than the South. If New Hampshire becomes the 27th state to […]
New Hampshire’s housing shortage, and the price spike that it created, has made housing the No. 1 problem facing the state, according to University of New Hampshire polling. Fixing the state’s housing shortage is such a priority for voters that a 2024 UNH poll found more than 1/3 of voters rating it as the top […]
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From local elections to legislative debates to legal challenges, discussion of public education in New Hampshire has been dominated by two persistent myths. The first is that more spending is the primary means of producing better educational outcomes. The second is that our educational outcomes are stunted because funding for K-12 public schools has “been […]
Labor unions negotiate benefits on behalf of all employees of a collective bargaining unit, not just their own members, unions say. Since non-members receive the benefits, they should be compelled to pay the union for negotiating them. Because right-to-work laws forbid non-union employees from being compelled as a condition of employment to pay any portion […]
The State New Hampshire and its towns and cities provide the opportunity to obtain a publicly funded education to every school-age child, regardless of income. And no one complains that this unfairly benefits higher-income households. To illustrate the point, the median household income in Hopkinton is $130,216. That’s 55% higher than in Concord ($83,701) and […]
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People have always relocated between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, for a variety of reasons. But the flow from Massachusetts into New Hampshire is larger than the outflow, and it has been increasing, an analysis from the Pioneer Institute in Boston shows. From 2010-2023, New Hampshire gained a net total of 98,879 immigrants from Massachusetts, nearly […]
New Hampshire is the freest state in the country and on the continent. But on some measures of economic freedom, we do poorly. Most Granite Staters would probably be surprised to learn that New Hampshire is in the top 20 most regulated states in the nation. New Hampshire’s recent regulatory growth Researchers at the Mercatus […]
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Reviving American manufacturing is a hot topic in the nation and New Hampshire once again. A new Department of Business and Economic Affairs report on the state’s advanced manufacturing sector has drawn attention to that field’s recent growth here (well above the New England average) as well as its economic benefits (tens of thousands of […]
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New Hampshire is once again the freest state both in the United States and on the North American continent, topping each index in this year’s Economic Freedom of North America report, released today by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute. “Granite Staters continue to choose policies that empower […]
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New Hampshire is the No. 3 state in the country for outbound cigarette smuggling, resulting in a revenue windfall, concludes the latest annual report on interstate cigarette smuggling from the Tax Foundation and Mackinac Center for Public Policy. From 2007-2022, New Hampshire earned $955 million in state revenue from cigarette buyers who then smuggled their […]
https://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_1120644575-scaled.jpg19202560Andrew Clinehttps://jbartlett.org/wp-content/uploads/logo_white_v1_360x70.pngAndrew Cline2024-12-02 13:40:132024-12-02 13:43:45Cigarette smuggling boosted New Hampshire revenues by nearly $1 billion over 15 years
Right-to-work facts vs. myths
ECONOMY, FEATURED, REGULATIONMost U.S. states (26) have a right-to-work law. They’ve proven effective at expanding worker freedom and improving state economies, which has made them popular across most of the country. But they have yet to expand into the Northeast, which now has lower economic growth than the South. If New Hampshire becomes the 27th state to […]
The first four housing reform bills of 2025
FEATURED, HOUSING, REGULATIONNew Hampshire’s housing shortage, and the price spike that it created, has made housing the No. 1 problem facing the state, according to University of New Hampshire polling. Fixing the state’s housing shortage is such a priority for voters that a 2024 UNH poll found more than 1/3 of voters rating it as the top […]
Higher Spending, Lower Results: Why more money doesn’t equal better schools
EDUCATION, FEATUREDFrom local elections to legislative debates to legal challenges, discussion of public education in New Hampshire has been dominated by two persistent myths. The first is that more spending is the primary means of producing better educational outcomes. The second is that our educational outcomes are stunted because funding for K-12 public schools has “been […]
The right-to-work freeloader fallacy
ECONOMY, FEATURED, REGULATIONLabor unions negotiate benefits on behalf of all employees of a collective bargaining unit, not just their own members, unions say. Since non-members receive the benefits, they should be compelled to pay the union for negotiating them. Because right-to-work laws forbid non-union employees from being compelled as a condition of employment to pay any portion […]
Education Freedom Accounts are public education, not an anti-poverty program
EDUCATION, FEATUREDThe State New Hampshire and its towns and cities provide the opportunity to obtain a publicly funded education to every school-age child, regardless of income. And no one complains that this unfairly benefits higher-income households. To illustrate the point, the median household income in Hopkinton is $130,216. That’s 55% higher than in Concord ($83,701) and […]
Residents continue to flee Massachusetts (primarily to N.H.)
BLOG, ECONOMY, FEATUREDPeople have always relocated between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, for a variety of reasons. But the flow from Massachusetts into New Hampshire is larger than the outflow, and it has been increasing, an analysis from the Pioneer Institute in Boston shows. From 2010-2023, New Hampshire gained a net total of 98,879 immigrants from Massachusetts, nearly […]
N.H. should prioritize deregulation in 2025
BLOG, FEATURED, REGULATION, UncategorizedNew Hampshire is the freest state in the country and on the continent. But on some measures of economic freedom, we do poorly. Most Granite Staters would probably be surprised to learn that New Hampshire is in the top 20 most regulated states in the nation. New Hampshire’s recent regulatory growth Researchers at the Mercatus […]
New Hampshire could boost manufacturing jobs with one simple trick: becoming a right-to-work state
BLOG, ECONOMY, FEATUREDReviving American manufacturing is a hot topic in the nation and New Hampshire once again. A new Department of Business and Economic Affairs report on the state’s advanced manufacturing sector has drawn attention to that field’s recent growth here (well above the New England average) as well as its economic benefits (tens of thousands of […]
New Hampshire ranked the freest state in North America for the 23rd year
BETTER GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY, FEATUREDNew Hampshire is once again the freest state both in the United States and on the North American continent, topping each index in this year’s Economic Freedom of North America report, released today by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute. “Granite Staters continue to choose policies that empower […]
Cigarette smuggling boosted New Hampshire revenues by nearly $1 billion over 15 years
FEATURED, TAXATIONNew Hampshire is the No. 3 state in the country for outbound cigarette smuggling, resulting in a revenue windfall, concludes the latest annual report on interstate cigarette smuggling from the Tax Foundation and Mackinac Center for Public Policy. From 2007-2022, New Hampshire earned $955 million in state revenue from cigarette buyers who then smuggled their […]