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- ‘Yellow Pages Test’ Would Ease State, Local Budget Pains
Innovative governments applying competition to service delivery, public assets
John Palatiello and Leonard Gilroy
December 31, 2012 - Legislature Has the Chance to Set a Standard on 64
It is in policymakers' best interests to get this right—even if they didn’t support the initiative in the first place.
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
December 28, 2012 - Fiscal Cliff Proposals Still Promoting Out of Control Spending
Whether we go over the cliff or not, Congress isn't anywhere close to spending responsibly
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
December 26, 2012 - Eliminate Individual and Corporate Tax Deductions
Getting rid of deductions would allow taxes to be lower and fairer
Julian Morris
December 23, 2012 - Privatizing Lottery Management in Pennsylvania
Interview with Pete Tartline, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Leonard Gilroy
December 20, 2012 - Virginia Shouldn't Restrict Its Public-Private Transportation Act
Remarks at the Thomas Jefferson Institute Transportation Roundtable
Shirley Ybarra
December 19, 2012 - Airport Should Ditch Agency for Better Security
Airports that manage their own screening process create a more comprehensive security system at a lower price
Baruch Feigenbaum
December 14, 2012 - Why Colorado’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative Could Be In Vain
State policymakers need to develop sensible marijuana regulations, not destructive ones.
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
December 14, 2012 - 21st Century Toll Collection Is Competitive With Fuel Taxes
Proceeding with alternatives to the gas tax
Robert Poole
December 11, 2012 - It's Time To Shut Down the Federal Housing Administration
Congress needs to start phasing out the insolvent FHA now, or it is possible taxpayers could be on the hook for yet another massive bailout in 2013
Anthony Randazzo
December 7, 2012 - California, Los Angeles Drowning in a Sea of Taxes, Regulation, and Debt
Public Knows Burdensome Regulations Are Sending Jobs to Other Cities and States
Adam Summers
December 3, 2012 - Delivering Florida's 21st Century Transportation System Through Tolling, Managed Lanes and Public-Private Partnerships
Interview with Ananth Prasad, Secretary, Florida Department of Transportation
Leonard Gilroy
November 21, 2012 - A Public-Private Partnership Could Help the ABQ BioPark Zoo
Finding Ways to Address Budget Deficits and Deferred Maintenance
Katie Furtick and Harris Kenny
November 19, 2012 - Addressing Ohio's Transportation Funding Challenges Through Streamlining, Public-Private Partnerships
Interview with Jerry Wray, Director, Ohio Department of Transportation
Leonard Gilroy
November 13, 2012 - Obama's Biggest Economic Challenge in 2013
Consumer Debt Creating an Economic Catch-22 in the President's Second Term
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
November 12, 2012 - Economists vs. Realists on Mileage-Based User Fees
Finding the best way to replace gas taxes with mileage-based user fees
Robert Poole
November 10, 2012 - The Challenge of Private Debt For the Post-Election Economy
Obama will face slow private debt deleveraging that will hamper economic growth for at least the next few years
Anthony Randazzo
November 9, 2012 - America Is Still Hurtling Towards the Fiscal Cliff
It’s time to bring meaningful reforms to America’s unaffordable and outdated entitlement programs.
Tom Clougherty
November 6, 2012 - Sustainable Funding for Roads: Building the Case for 21st-Century Tolling
A transition from fuel-based highway user taxes to mileage-based highway user fees
Robert Poole
November 5, 2012 - Future Storms Like Superstorm Sandy Could Bankrupt States
Some state governments are so far into the insurance business that they could be bankrupted by storm claims
Julian Morris and Katie Furtick
November 5, 2012 - Learning to Trust the Private Sector
Contracting out helps to build the case for a larger private sector role in public service delivery
Leonard Gilroy
October 26, 2012 - Thinking about Foreclosures and the Fauxcovery
What housing data you should look for in the coming months
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
October 24, 2012 - The Value of the Contract Model
Incremental privatization can offer a proof of concept that works to break down societal conceptions of “traditional” government
Leonard Gilroy
October 18, 2012 - New BLS Data Add to Bad Labor Market Story
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
October 12, 2012 - The XpressWest Train to Las Vegas: Most Traffic Congestion Won't Be Avoided
Virtually all of the traffic delays from Los Angeles to Las Vegas occur in areas the high-speed train won't serve
Wendell Cox
October 9, 2012 - Correctional Privatization Improving Outcomes in Florida
Letter to the Editor Submitted to The Palm Beach Post
Harris Kenny
October 9, 2012 - Obama and Romney Ignored Housing and Debt
President Obama and Gov. Romney keep saying they want America to get back to work, and yet they continue to ignore the biggest obstacles to economic recovery: housing market and private debt
Anthony Randazzo
October 5, 2012 - The Incremental Approach to Privatization
Incremental advances help build the case for longer-term privatization
Leonard Gilroy
October 3, 2012 - Violent Protests Mar Draghi and the ECB's False Narrative
Protests in Spain and Greece have shattered the narrative set by the ECB
Anthony Randazzo
September 28, 2012 - 21st Century Schools Require 21st Century Finance
Policymakers can improve - if not reinvent - the American education system.
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
September 28, 2012 - How Quantitative Easing Helps the Rich and Soaks the Rest of Us
And why the Occupy movement should be up in arms
Anthony Randazzo
September 17, 2012 - Presidential Debates Should Include Budget Plan Truth
The two candidates for president are not that far apart on federal spending
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
September 13, 2012 - Tortoises and BrightSource Are Costing Taxpayers Dearly
Latest green energy boondoggle shows why the government shouldn't be picking winners
Julian Morris
September 10, 2012 - Implementing Managed Lanes in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Brad Larsen, MnPASS Policy Manager at the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Discusses Successfully Adopting Managed Lanes
Baruch Feigenbaum
September 10, 2012 - Don't Believe the Near-Term Housing Data...
...we've not reached a bottom of the market yet
Anthony Randazzo
September 1, 2012 - To Avoid Massive Tax Hikes, Privatize State Lotteries
An innovative new lottery privatization model is emerging.
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
August 30, 2012 - Transforming Education at the Local Level: Douglas County Leading the Way
Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Fagen, Superintendent of Douglas County School District (Colorado)
Harris Kenny
August 29, 2012 - Does the Paul Ryan Choice Ensure a Real Housing Debate?
Weighing the records of Obama-Biden and Romney-Ryan
Samuel Staley and Anthony Randazzo
August 17, 2012 - No Cybersecurity Act is Better Than a Flawed One
Why the government's solutions to cybersecurity threats need rethinking
Steven Titch
August 14, 2012 - Making the Case for Tolling
How a 'managed arterial' approach could cure Atlanta's congested roads
Robert Poole
August 10, 2012 - Private Debt Is Crippling the Economy
There won't be a recovery until credit card and household debt levels come down
Anthony Randazzo
August 10, 2012 - Congress Kicks the Can Down the Road on Sustainable Highway Funding
The future debate over mileage-based user fees
Robert Poole
August 6, 2012 - Making Phoenix a 24-Hour City: Privatizing City Permitting to Cut Red Tape and Drive Economic Development
Interview with Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio
Leonard Gilroy
July 31, 2012 - High Debt Levels Are Preventing Recovery
Household aggregate debt remains very high on rising consumer credit levels, and this is a significant problem for economic growth
Anthony Randazzo
July 27, 2012 - California Is Ground Zero for Muni Bankruptcies
When will lawmakers start rethinking how municipalities should operate?
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
July 26, 2012 - Fate of Sales Taxes for Online Purchases
Why lawmakers should rethink the Marketplace Fairness Act
Steven Titch
July 23, 2012 - Americans Resort to Plastic Safety Nets
Americans are starting to borrow once again, they're doing so at an unexpectedly high level, but it's for all the wrong reasons
Victor Nava and Anthony Randazzo
July 20, 2012 - The Fed's Harmful Monetary Policy
From a long-term perspective, the Federal Reserve is doing more harm than good right now to economic stability
Anthony Randazzo
July 18, 2012 - Should Georgia Taxpayers Vote In Favor of the Transportation Investment Act?
Why a mix of taxes and user fees would be a more efficient way to fund transportation needs
Baruch Feigenbaum
July 17, 2012 - The Economics of America's Crony Society
How crony capitalism undermines economic growth and innovation
Julian Morris
July 12, 2012 - Big City Democrats Are Embracing Privatization
Heavyweights like Chicago's Rahm Emanuel are going around public agencies and unions to improve schools, roads, parks and more
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
July 12, 2012 - Four Principles for Expanded U.S. Tolling
Why future highways should be paid for by mileage-based user fees and other suggestions for highway funding
Robert Poole
July 9, 2012 - Problems with the Government's Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grants
How TIGER grants fail to prioritize national needs
Baruch Feigenbaum
July 6, 2012 - Cities Taking Mortgages with Eminent Domain is a Bad Idea
Both Robert Shiller and city officials in San Bernardino County should reconsider their support for condemning underwater mortgages
Anthony Randazzo
July 6, 2012 - Local, State Governments' Assets Causing Budgetary Pains
Why all levels of government should apply the "Yellow Pages Test" to its activities
Leonard Gilroy and John Palatiello
July 3, 2012 - 5 Reasons the California High-Speed Rail Project Shouldn’t Get More Money
Gov. Brown asks for billions in borrowing even as train system gets slower, shorter and more expensive
Joseph Vranich, Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore
July 2, 2012 - Eminent Domain to "Condemn" Underwater Mortgages: Another Bad Idea
Exploring the debate over principal reduction
Anthony Randazzo
June 29, 2012 - Finding Sensible Social Networking Policies for Children
Why online age verification requirements on the Children Online Privacy Protection Act don't work
Steven Titch
June 28, 2012 - Atlanta Needs Another Airport
Comparing how Houston and Atlanta recently dealt with airport expansion
Robert Poole
June 28, 2012 - Looking Back at Indianapolis’ Parking Meter Lease, One Year Later
Interview with Michael Huber, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of Indianapolis, Indiana
Leonard Gilroy
June 27, 2012 - California State Legislature to Vote on Budget
Will lawmakers implement real austerity measures?
Adam Summers
June 25, 2012 - To Help Fix Housing, Disclose Mortgage Addresses
Mortgage investors should have the same privilege as banks
Marc Joffe and Anthony Randazzo
June 24, 2012 - Private Sector, Local Governments Find Investment Opportunities in Municipal Parking Assets
Chicago, Indianapolis unlock value trapped in a neglected treasure
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2012 - 4 Reasons Why the Housing Market Still Hasn't Recovered
Sometimes leading indicators are deceiving
Anthony Randazzo
June 18, 2012 - Highway Construction As Stimulus? Not So Fast
Why more stimulus spending won't keep the American economy out of recession
June 15, 2012 - Interview with University of California Los Angeles Professor of Urban Planning and Department Chair Dr. Brian Taylor
Professor Taylor makes the case for Bus Rapid Transit over rail lines
Baruch Feigenbaum
June 15, 2012 - California On Its Way to Banning Everything
At every level of government, California’s lawmakers want to be our nannies
Adrian Moore
June 15, 2012 - Union-Propagated Red Herrings Continue to Mar Corrections Research
Meaningful reform requires an all-of-the-above strategy, including privatization.
Harris Kenny
June 13, 2012 - Adapting the Managed Lanes Idea to Urban Roadways
How managed arterials can help reduce congested metro areas
Robert Poole
June 11, 2012 - Europe's Economic Troubles Have Worldwide Impact
How the U.S. can escape the pending economic black hole
Julian Morris
June 7, 2012 - Washington State Approves Privatization of State Liquor Monopoly; Other States May Follow
Washington State to become first state to fully privatize state's wholesale, retail liquor monopoly
Leonard Gilroy
May 31, 2012 - Creating a Culture of Competition to Improve Corrections
Interview with Gary Mohr, Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Leonard Gilroy
May 31, 2012 - Is There An E-Commerce Bubble In Turkey?
The Turkish government should consider carefully whether it is a wise course of action to continue investing in technology startups.
Anthony Randazzo
May 31, 2012 - Privately Operated Zoos Now Considered the Standard
North Carolina, Los Angeles, Grand Rapids and Elsewhere Exploring Zoo Partnerships
Harris Kenny
May 29, 2012 - Proposition 29 - A Cigarette Tax with Good Intentions But Disastrous Methods
Why California voters should think twice before voting in favor of this ballot initiative
Adrian Moore
May 24, 2012 - States and Cities Going Private With Infrastructure Investment
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
May 24, 2012 - Parking Privatization Blossomed in 2011
Several city, university parking privatization initiatives advanced in 2011
Harris Kenny
May 22, 2012 - States Exploring Private Lottery Management
Illinois launched a groundbreaking privatization of lottery management in 2011 to increase revenues. Other states eye similar deals
Leonard Gilroy
May 21, 2012 - Reason Foundation, Bipartisan Policy Center, Building America's Future and Others Urge Congress to Give State and Local Governments More Transportation Flexibility
Fix the highway bill so state and local governments have flexibility to use pricing, private capital and other needed funding sources
Shirley Ybarra
May 16, 2012 - Puerto Rico Building Robust Infrastructure Privatization Program
Puerto Rico advanced public-private partnerships in schools, highways and aviation in 2011
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2012 - California Library Privatization Success in Jeopardy
Meanwhile, successful partnerships thrive in Florida, Oregon and elsewhere
Harris Kenny
May 15, 2012 - Tulsa, Jacksonville Mayors Pursuing Public-Private Partnerships
Two first-term mayors hit the ground running in 2011
Harris Kenny
May 15, 2012 - Villaraigosa Administration Advocating Reform in Los Angeles
Debate over city-owned parking garages and zoo continues, progress made elsewhere
Harris Kenny
May 15, 2012 - Emanuel Administration Embracing Private Sector Competition in Chicago
New $7 billion infrastructure trust developing alongside initiatives in recycling, water and elsewhere
Harris Kenny
May 15, 2012 - Kasich Administration Advanced Privatization in Ohio in 2011
Initiatives advanced in economic development, asset realignment and more
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2012 - Jindal Continued Louisiana Privatization Push in 2011
Initiatives advanced in Medicaid, public employee health care and more
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2012 - Christie Administration Expanded Privatization Portfolio in New Jersey in 2011
Initiatives advanced in toll collection, road maintenance, racing facilities and more
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2012 - High Unemployment the New Normal
The headline unemployment statistics are wrong; unemployment is higher than 8.1 percent and it will be for a while
Anthony Randazzo
May 14, 2012 - How to Restore Trust in Mortgage-Backed Securities
Perpetuating government control of housing finance in today’s era of high deficits is unaffordable
Anthony Randazzo and Marc Joffe
May 10, 2012 - A Better Way to Limit Congestion on Roads
How applying the Managed Lanes concept to arterials could reduce traffic
Chris Swenson and Robert Poole
May 9, 2012 - Competition Would Improve North Carolina's Correctional Healthcare Delivery
Letter to the Editor Submitted to The News & Observer
Harris Kenny
May 9, 2012 - How to Reduce the Government's Trillions In Housing Credit Risk
New ideas for the mortgage reform debate
Anthony Randazzo and Marc Joffe
May 7, 2012 - Lawmakers Should Delay Implementing Positive Train Control
Why this costly tool isn't the only answer to commuter train safety
Baruch Feigenbaum
May 3, 2012 - U.S. Transportation Public-Private Partnerships at Risk
Why it's important to debunk false claims against PPPs
April 30, 2012 - Tax Incentive Program is a Misguided Attempt to Create Jobs
Senate Bill 124 would set loose a broken program that should be reined in.
Harris Kenny
April 28, 2012 - Californians Being Taken for a Ride on High-Speed Rail
Why California's latest high-speed rail plan lacks merit
Adam Summers
April 27, 2012 - Midtown Tunnel Likely Dies without Tolls
Private financing is best path forward for tunnel expansion, highway improvements
Leonard Gilroy and Baruch Feigenbaum
April 13, 2012 - Tunnel Project Needs to Move Ahead
Improvements are vital to mobility, port commerce and regional economy
Shirley Ybarra and Leonard Gilroy
April 13, 2012 - Reinventing Libraries in Osceola County, Florida: Partnering with the Private Sector to Create Standards of Excellence
Interview with Osceola County, Florida Commissioner Frank Attkisson
Harris Kenny
April 12, 2012 - Tidequistadors In Search of Sound Money
A laundry soap has developed as much legitimacy as the dollar to serve as currency, what's going on?
Anthony Randazzo
April 9, 2012 - Livable Centers Initiative Program Needs to be Refocused
Atlanta Program Uses Federal Fuel Tax Revenues for Non-motorized Transportation and Economic Development Projects
Baruch Feigenbaum
April 6, 2012 - New Deepening Option Vital for Port of Savannah
Improving Vital Infrastructure Without Burdening Taxpayers
Baruch Feigenbaum
April 6, 2012 - Airports as Victims of Airline Deregulation?
Lessons legacy airlines are learning decades after Carter administration deregulation
Robert Poole
April 5, 2012 - The Dynamic Duo of Carrollton, Texas: Creating a Culture of Competition in City Government
Interview with Carrollton, Texas City Manager Leonard Martin and Director of Competition Tom Guilfoy
Leonard Gilroy
April 5, 2012 - 5 Reasons Why the Federal Trade Commission's Proposed Online Privacy Rules Will Do More Harm Than Good
How self-regulation, consumer choice and free market models are the best tools to protect online consumer privacy
Steven Titch
April 3, 2012 - Time to Defend Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
Why tolling and public-private partnership provisions are a must for the transportation reauthorization bill
Robert Poole
April 2, 2012 - Congress Passes Short-Term Transportation Bill
How Congress struggled with the bill’s tolling provisions
Shirley Ybarra
March 30, 2012 - Get the Government Out of Solar
Adam Peshek
March 29, 2012 - The MBS Investor's Case Against the Mortgage Settlement
It is understandable that MBS investors are upset about this, but do they have a case in court?
Anthony Randazzo
March 26, 2012 - No, This Is Not a Housing Recovery
Anyone who says we are in the midst of a housing recovery is wrong
Anthony Randazzo
March 23, 2012 - Is the U.S. School System a National Security Threat?
Why Condoleezza Rice, Joel Klein and the Council of Foreign Relations are wrong about common core and national standards
Lisa Snell
March 23, 2012 - What the U.S. Can Learn from China’s Highway Building Binge
How the user pay principle is being used to advance infrastructure projects
Samuel Staley
March 23, 2012 - USPS Is $14 Billion In the Red This Year, So It Promotes Junk Mail
Why privatization is a better tactic to save the U.S. mail
Adam Summers
March 22, 2012 - Insights on the Federal Transit Administration’s New Starts, Small Starts Program
Why the FTA should reassess its newly proposed rules for approving major capital grants
Robert Poole
March 20, 2012 - Improving Transportation for All and Not Just the Few
A look into U.S. metropolitan cities’ disproportionate transportation spending
Adrian Moore
March 14, 2012 - A Cost Effective Way to Cut Smog
Why the Environmental Protection Agency’s ozone plan will do more harm than good
Julian Morris and Adam Peshek
March 14, 2012 - Financial Crisis Theories Reviewed Series: Peter Wallison Interview, Part 3
The SEC’s lawsuit, Dodd-Frank, and the economic slump
Anthony Randazzo
March 12, 2012 - Americans Don't Benefit From Fed Inflated Asset Prices
The Wealth Demographics of Misdirected Monetary Policy
James Groth
March 9, 2012 - Insights on Federal, State and Local Transportation Funding from ‘The Voice of Transportation’
Associate Director for Finance and Business for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Joung Lee briefs Reason Foundation
Baruch Feigenbaum
March 8, 2012 - Denver's RTD Weighing Options for Northwest Corridor
Policymakers seeking to provide the most service, for the most people, to the most places.
Harris Kenny
March 7, 2012 - Financial Crisis Theories Reviewed Series: Peter Wallison Interview, Part 2
Alternate theories of the crisis
Anthony Randazzo
March 7, 2012 - Privatize Parking, But Not for the Kings
The current arena plan is a steal for the Kings and an air ball for taxpayers.
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
March 6, 2012 - Offering State and Local Governments New Tools for Infrastructure Delivery in Texas
Interview with Texas State Rep. Jim Murphy
Leonard Gilroy
March 5, 2012 - The Euro Isn't the Problem, but Europe Is
What actually ails Europe is bloated government bureaucracy, over-regulation, and unfunded pension and healthcare obligations
Julian Morris
March 5, 2012 - Fate of Highway Tolling and Pricing Pilot Programs in Reauthorization Proposals
Why the House's and Senate's federal surface transportation reauthorization bills should include tolling provisions
Robert Poole
March 2, 2012 - California Barking Up the Wrong Tree with Pet Groomer Licensing Bill
Adam Summers
March 1, 2012 - Financial Crisis Theories Reviewed Series: Peter Wallison Interview, Part 1
Housing policy’s role in the crisis
Anthony Randazzo
February 29, 2012 - Congress Forms 'Yellow Pages' Caucus: Goal is Smaller Federal Government, Cut Spending
How the 'yellow pages' test could curb out of control federal spending
John Palatiello
February 28, 2012 - China’s Hard Lessons on High-Speed Rail
Why President Obama should look to China on what not to do when it comes to U.S. high-speed rail projects
Samuel Staley
February 28, 2012 - Florida Correctional Healthcare Reform in Jeopardy
The state Department of Corrections should be encouraged for pursuing reform, not stifled.
Harris Kenny
February 27, 2012 - A Highly Unjust Mortgage Settlement
Whatever justice may appear to have resulted from banks shelling out a few billion dollars, it should not come at the expense of those mortgage investors or taxpayers who did nothing wrong or the economy at large.
Anthony Randazzo
February 27, 2012 - Competition Could Lower Costs of Prison Healthcare in Arizona
Letter to the Editor Submitted to the Arizona Republic
Leonard Gilroy
February 24, 2012 - Should We Double Down on Clean Energy?
Examining Europe's results
Adam Peshek
February 24, 2012 - When Greece Defaults
The second European bailout of Greece agreed to this week is just delaying the inevitable.
Anthony Randazzo
February 24, 2012 - Government Workers vs. Taxpayers
Why the president needs to reverse his stance on hiring additional federal workers
Adrian Moore
February 17, 2012 - A Robo-Signing Deal That Has Almost Nothing to Do with Robo-Signing
How robo-signing victims got the short end of the stick
Anthony Randazzo
February 16, 2012 - The Facts Behind the EPA’s Latest Proposal
How the agency is using fuzzy math to justify a costly regulation
Adam Peshek
February 16, 2012 - Reforming Local Government in Colorado Springs
Interview with Chuck Fowler, CEO and Chairman of The City Committee of Colorado Springs
Harris Kenny
February 14, 2012 - Picture This: Film Tax Credits Demonstrably Wasteful, Ineffective
As most states wind down film tax credits, Colorado might expand them.
Harris Kenny
February 14, 2012 - Government Bureaucracy Is Sinking Port Deepening Projects
How public-private partnerships can help supply the needed funds to deepen our nation’s ports
Baruch Feigenbaum
February 13, 2012 - Florida’s Privatization Proposal Could Drive Innovation, Performance in Corrections
Policymakers should look past political hype, consider the Senate’s proposal on its merits
Leonard Gilroy and Adrian Moore
February 10, 2012 - What Has Ben Bernanke Done For You Lately?
Why the Federal Reserve’s Policies Aren’t Helping a Majority of Americans
James Groth
February 8, 2012 - Reconstructing the Interstates
Why the best way forward for Interstate reconstruction is to remove the caps on the existing Interstate tolling program while maintaining restrictions on the uses of toll revenues.
Robert Poole
February 7, 2012 - Obama's Next Bailout
Home flippers get a sweetheart deal from the government.
Anthony Randazzo
February 6, 2012 - Will States Toast Liquor Privatization in 2012?
Reviewing the landscape for divesting state alcohol monopolies
Leonard Gilroy
February 3, 2012 - Virginia's High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Changed to 'Express Lanes'
An in-depth look at the highway project
Shirley Ybarra
February 1, 2012 - Obama laughs over spilled milk but fines companies for not producing fictional fuel
Adam Peshek
January 30, 2012 - Time to Face Reality on the California High-Speed Rail Project
Cost estimates keep soaring but Gov. Brown keeps pushing the rail system
Adam Summers
January 27, 2012 - Maryland Announces $456m PPP to Redevelop and Operate I-95 Travel Plazas
Deal a win-win for taxpayers, business, state
Leonard Gilroy
January 27, 2012 - Checking the Facts on President Obama's "Energy Facts"
Debunking the claims made in the president's most recent campaign ad
Adam Peshek
January 24, 2012 - SOPA and PIPA for Non-Techies
A guide to understanding how the two anti-piracy bills won’t do anything but end the Internet’s openness
Steven Titch
January 19, 2012 - Lawmakers Should Encourage Prison Health Competition, Not Ban It
Attempt to ban privatization of prison nurses is misguided
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
January 19, 2012 - President Obama Wrong on Keystone
How the president put the interests of a few environmentalists before the interests of the entire nation
Adam Peshek
January 18, 2012 - The Fed’s Unstable Housing Reform Foundation
A critique of the ideas in the housing policy white paper the Federal Reserve should not have written
Anthony Randazzo
January 18, 2012 - With Automatic Spending Cuts Looming, the Federal Government Should Use Contracting
The federal government is prohibiting cost-effective partnerships with the private sector
John Palatiello
January 18, 2012 - Tulsa: Open for Business
Tackling city's challenges requires willingness to embrace innovation, competition and market ideas
Dewey Bartlett, Jr.
Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
January 13, 2012 - CBO Study Gets It "Almost" Right on Highway Public-Private Partnerships
Best federal study yet on highway PPPs still gets a few things wrong
Robert Poole
January 12, 2012 - Chicago Crosses the Line In Trying to Maintain Property Values
Banks that comply with Chicago's new law may be liable for burglary, trespassing, or similar crimes.
Anthony Randazzo
January 6, 2012 - Government Loans Bring Trouble
Denver officials gambling with taxpayer money on dubious urban renewal initiatives.
Harris Kenny
January 6, 2012 - Traffic Congestion and the Economic Decline of Cities
How traffic is costing people jobs and stifling economic growth
Samuel Staley
January 5, 2012 - Benefits of Revenue-Risk Concessions
Getting more value out of highway infrastructure through the revenue-risk concession model
Robert Poole
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