A carbon tax - a tax on greenhouse gas emissions by each energy source - would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, sharply reduce economic growth and, in fact, would harm the environment. This advisory presents facts and data that show how the focus on America's use of fossil fuels is misguided and ill-advised.
Special Reports
Energy Taxes Ill-Advised
By Philip M. Burgess, Ronald McMahan, and Mike Kelly
The Great Plains in Transition: Overview of Change in America's New Economy
By John C. Shepard, Colleen B. Murphy, Louis D. Higgs and Philip M. Burgess
A special report to The Ford Foundation and The Aspen Institute. Contrary to the conventional view, many small towns and rural communities are dynamic places where grasroots leaders are adapting to new economic realities by using telecommunications technologies, small business, tourism, global trade and value-added innovations in agriculture.
West Advances America's New Economy
Major changes sweeping the nation and the world are rooted in the Western U.S., according to Philip M. Burgess. He outlines five "fundamental shifts" creating a "New West," including migration, urbanization, diversification, globalization and gentrification.
Workshifting
By Philip M. Burgess and Paul and Sarah Edwards
This special report reviews the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) movement that is rapidly changing the way Americans work. This report also explains how federal tax policy penalizes the growing number of Americans who work at home and offers recommendations for change in a proposed Home Business Equity and Economic Development Act.
America's Telecommunications Revolution
By Philip M. Burgess and Glenn Brown
This Special Report is based on four Western Regional Forums on America's Growing Digital Divide November 30 - December 10, 1998 in Helena, Montana; Spokane, Washington and Colorado Springs, Colorado. It also reflects the findings of a Regional Forum in Salt Lake City in July, 1997, and the most recent recommendation on universal service by the Federal/State Joint Board on November 23, 1998.
The "Other" Digital Divide
By Philip M. Burgess and Florine P. Raitano
This Special Report reflects findings and conclusions from the Center for the New West's national summit on America's Growing Digital Divide, held at the J.W. Marriott in downtown Washington, D.C. on Febrauary 16-17, 1999. This report also reflects papers, testimony and discussions from four regional forums held in 1998 in Souix Falls, South Dakota; Helena, Montana; Spokane, Washington; and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Health Care on the Prairie
Conference moderated by Philip M. Burgess; report by Jeffrey C. Bauer
A special report from the June 8-9, 1998 conference where more than 100 health care providers, policy makers, economic development specialists, researchers and health care educators from 11 Midwestern states gathered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to examine health care and the Information Age. Health Care On The Prairie: Practice & Policy.
The Lone Eagles Reading File
A collection of essays and articles on the impact of Lone Eagles, a moniker invented by Phil Burgess for the growing number of entrepreneurs and freelance professionals who can live and work anyplace, primarily because of advances in telecommunications technologies.
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Reboot Your Life
It’s better to wear out than rust out.” That is the message of Reboot! While American culture glamorizes the “Golden Years” of endless leisure and amusement, Phil Burgess rejects retirement, as he makes the case for returning to work in the post-career years, a time he calls later life.