Texas is a national leader in relying on the free market to increase prosperity within its borders. It has arrived at this point because it has relied on the Texas Model of economic development—low taxes, spending, and regulation and a sound civil justice system—more than the traditional, or technocratic, approach where government planners decide what is best for the economy.
Higher Education
Student-Athletes Are Not Employees
College athletics is approaching a crossroads. After years of rapid, sweeping change in student-athlete compensation practices that have left a patchwork of state regulation in its wake, some in Congress now propose to reclassify collegiate student‑athletes across the country as employees of their universities. While we sympathize with the desire to provide certainty and uniformity to student-athletes and universities, and although we see the need for some revenue-sharing framework, workplace regulation...
May 19, 2026