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Developments in Local Government Privatization
Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines local government privatization trends
May 6, 2013Harris Kenny, Adam Summers, Steven Titch
This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013 provides an overview of the latest on privatization and public-private partnerships in local government. Topics include:
A. Mayor Emanuel Establishes Chicago Infrastructure Trust
B. Public-Private Partnerships for Parking Assets
C. Yonkers, New York Pursuing Innovative School Partnership Approach
D. City of Austin Releases Surprising Outsourcing Study
E. Georgia Contract Cities Continue to Evolve
F. Finding New Ways to Provide Parks and Recreation Amenities
G. Water and Wastewater Privatization Update
H. Solid Waste Collection Update
I. Non-Profit Partnerships for Animal Shelters Grow
J. ANALYSIS: Is Managed Competition Dead in San Diego?
K. ANALYSIS: San Diego, San Jose Lead the Way in Local Pension Reform
L. ANALYSIS: Despite Glossy Reports, Muni Broadband is Still a Net Money Loser
M. Local Government Privatization News and Notes
» Return to Annual Privatization Report 2013 homepage
Living in Operatic Times
On Estonia, it looks like the Krugmanloons were wrong and President Ilves was right
April 25, 2013The operatic scale of the financial crisis that has engulfed the world since 2007 has finally been recognised. April 7 sees the premiere, in Talinn, of Nostra Culpa, a 16 minute opera inspired by a “Twitter feud” in which Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves denounced New York Times pontificator Paul Krugman for asserting that Estonia’s response to the crisis had not been a success.
Federal Privatization Update
Annual Privatization Report examines privatization and public-private partnership trends at the federal level
April 15, 2013Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo, Steven Titch, Victor Nava
The federal section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013 provides an overview of the latest on federal government privatization and public-private partnerships. Topics include:
A. BCFC Outlines $795 Billion in Federal Budget Savings
B. Congress Takes on Postal Service Reform—Again
D. ANALYSIS: Google, Facebook, Antitrust and the “Public Good”
E. ANALYSIS: Private Sector is Best-Positioned to Lead Cybersecurity Policy
F. ANALYSIS: Privatization of Financial Regulation is Not Impossible
» Return to Annual Privatization Report 2013 homepage
ANALYSIS: Privatization of Financial Regulation is Not Impossible
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
April 15, 2013This subsection of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization details miscellaneous news and notes from the privatization of federal government services.
How Obama’s Plan to Encourage Homeownership Will Hurt the Poor the Most
April 3, 2013, 5:33pmThe Obama administration is concerned that even in the midst of the housing market’s recovery, many young people and people with bad credit can’t borrow money to buy homes. Yes, this sounds eerily similar to the policies that helped create the housing bubble in the first place. And yes, while ensuring that homes loans are available to all borrowers is a well-intentioned plan to help low-income families, it will likely hurt them.
Economy Declined as Government Spending Rose
February 28, 2013, 11:17amIn the wake of stunning news that the U.S. economy shrunk by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2012, prominent media outlets and commentators are reporting that lower government spending is the cause of the decline. In reality, however, government spending rose by 0.8%, and the claim that it fell stems from a federal report that defines "government spending" so narrowly that it excludes 47% of all government spending.
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- Developments in Local Government Privatization
Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines local government privatization trends
Harris Kenny, Adam Summers and Steven Titch
May 6, 2013 - Federal Privatization Update
Annual Privatization Report examines privatization and public-private partnership trends at the federal level
Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo, Steven Titch and Victor Nava
April 15, 2013 - Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction - Update 2012
Who Benefits and By How Much?
Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
December 12, 2012 - Restoring Trust in Mortgage-Backed Securities
How the Private Sector Can Return to Mortgage Finance
Marc Joffe and Anthony Randazzo
May 3, 2012 - Privatization, Outsourcing and Insourcing Trends in Federal Government
Federal Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Adam Summers and Anthony Randazzo
May 1, 2012 - Refining the Story of the Financial Crises in Europe and the USA
What new information is telling us about the causes of the financial crisis and how they relate to the economy today
Anthony Randazzo and Murat Yulek
April 9, 2012 - The Decline in Deaths from Extreme Weather, 1900–2010
Aggregate mortality attributed to all extreme weather events globally has declined by 98% since the 1920s
Indur M. Goklany and Julian Morris
September 22, 2011 - Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction
Who Benefits and By How Much?
Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
July 28, 2011 - Privatizing the Housing Finance System
A Brief History of the Housing Bubble and Ways to Keep It From Happening Again
Anthony Randazzo
March 15, 2011 - Privatization, Outsourcing and Insourcing Trends in Federal Government
Federal Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Leonard Gilroy
February 16, 2011 - Near-term Ideas for Mortgage Finance Reform (Working Paper)
How to protect taxpayers, end the GSE bailout, reduce government’s footprint in housing, and return private capital to the mortgage market
Anthony Randazzo
February 10, 2011 - Ten Arguments Against a Government Guarantee for Housing Finance
Why there should not be a government role—explicit or implicit—in guaranteeing housing finance
Anthony Randazzo
February 4, 2011 - The Hayek Rule
A new monetary policy framework for the 21st century
Marius Gustavson and Anthony Randazzo
November 9, 2010 - Rethinking Homeownership: A Framework for 21st Century Housing Finance Reform
Dissolving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Anthony Randazzo
October 26, 2010 - Letter to Treasury Regarding Housing Finance Reform
A Framework for Reforming Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Housing Finance System
Anthony Randazzo
July 21, 2010 - Improving the Economies and Business Climates In Struggling Cities
Examining how taxes, red tape, eminent domain and occupational licensing prevent economic growth
Policy Brief 92
Anthony Randazzo
March 17, 2010 - What Caused the Meltdown:
A Financial Crisis FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About the Housing Bubble, Wall Street Crisis, and Recession
Anthony Randazzo and Carson Young
January 25, 2010 - Fixing the Regulation of Wall Street
A review of the Obama administration's proposal for reforming financial services regulation and recommendations to end the era of too big to fail
Policy Study 377
Anthony Randazzo
September 14, 2009 - The Future of Too Big to Fail and Bailouts
A comparison of the two plans to overhaul financial services regulation in the 21st Century
Policy Brief 81
Anthony Randazzo
August 17, 2009 - Taxpayer's Guide to the Stimulus
Where is all that stimulus money going?
Anthony Randazzo
June 17, 2009 - Avoiding an American Lost Decade
Lessons from Japan's Bubble and Recession
Anthony Randazzo, Michael Flynn and Adam Summers
February 20, 2009 - Are We Paving Paradise?
Randall O'Toole
January 1, 2004 - San Jose Demonstrates the Limits of Urban Growth Boundaries and Urban Rail
Randall O'Toole
March 1, 2003 - Smart Growth in Action
Housing Capacity and Development in Ventura County
William Fulton, Chris Williamson, Kathleen Mallory and Jeff Jones
January 1, 2002 - Urban Sprawl and Quality Growth in Ohio
Samuel Staley and Matthew Hisrich
December 1, 2001 - Older Suburbs
Crabgrass Slums or New Urban Frontier?
Joel Kotkin
October 1, 2001 - Market-oriented Approaches to Growth
Outsmarting Sprawl's Impacts
Samuel Staley
August 1, 2001 - Preparing for the Storm
Preserving Water Resources with Stormwater Utilities
Barrett P. Walker
January 1, 2001 - The Vanishing Farmland Myth and the Smart-growth Agenda
Samuel Staley
January 1, 2000 - "Urban Sprawl" and the Michigan Landscape
A Market-Oriented Approach
Samuel Staley
September 1, 1999 - The Sprawling of America
In Defense of a Dynamic City
Samuel Staley
January 1, 1999 - Market Oriented Planning
Principles and Tools
Samuel Staley and Lynn Scarlett
November 1, 1997 - Revitalizing Our Cities
Perspectives from America's New Breed of Mayors
William D. Eggers
March 1, 1995 - Land Use Reform Through Performance Zoning
William D. Eggers
May 1, 1990
Featured Research
- Taxpayer's Guide to the Stimulus
Where is all that stimulus money going? - State Governments Face Deficits and Fiscal Trouble Because of Spending
From 2002 to 2007, state spending rose 50 percent faster than inflation - Is America Following the Policies that Caused Japan's "Lost Decade"?
Federal government is repeating many of the same mistakes that created Japan's Lost Decade
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