By Caleb Taylor
How has the pandemic affected the local economy?
ACRE Scholar and BT天堂Associate Professor of Economics Dr. Jeremy Horpedahl will discuss the latest economic data on Conway and Faulkner County as an invited guest speaker of the Conway Noon Lions Club at the Hole In the Wall Cafe at noon on Tuesday, July 6th.聽
In other news, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University awarded Horpedahl an Emergent Ventures grant on聽.
According to the聽, the mission of Emergent Ventures is聽to 鈥渏umpstart high-risk, high-reward ideas that advance prosperity, opportunity, and wellbeing.鈥�
In a聽, Faculty Director of the Mercatus Center and Emergent Ventures Founder Tyler Cowen said Horpedahl received the grant for his 鈥渨ork on social media to combat misinformation, including (but not only) Covid misinformation.鈥�
According to a聽, he was also a co-recipient of another award from the Mercatus Center for the blog聽, where he is a weekly contributor.
Horpedahl also outlines how Arkansas can gradually reduce its income tax rate to zero percent in 鈥�鈥� in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published聽on June 28th.聽Horpedahl writes that gradually reducing the rate over three decades would be a 鈥減rudent and realistic鈥� way to eliminate the income tax.