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- Rethinking Washington State Parks: How to Avoid Governor Inslee’s Plan to Close 60 State Parks
Antiquated, top-down management model is unsustainable; private sector can play major role
Leonard Gilroy
May 17, 2013 - Lessons for Gov. Brown’s California School Finance Plan
The governor's education reforms are good steps, but need to go further
Lisa Snell
May 15, 2013 - President Obama's Recycled Transportation Proposals
Here's how the president could ensure funding for infrastructure
Robert Poole
May 14, 2013 - Louisiana Republicans Introduce Bills to Replicate Massachusetts's Pro-Union, Anti-Privatization “Pacheco Law”
Bills would effectively shut down use of privatization, competitive contracting to lower costs of government
Leonard Gilroy
May 9, 2013 - Are Federal Contractors Immune from Tort Suits Just Because the Government Is?
Reviewing recent developments in government contractor immunity
Alexander Volokh
May 9, 2013 - Building Jacksonville’s Public-Private Partnership Program to Drive Efficiency, Quality of Life
Interview with Renée Finley, Commissioner of Public-Private Partnerships, City of Jacksonville, Florida
Leonard Gilroy
May 7, 2013 - Local Government Privatization News and Notes
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - ANALYSIS: Despite Glossy Reports, Muni Broadband is Still a Net Money Loser
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Steven Titch
May 6, 2013 - ANALYSIS: San Diego, San Jose Lead the Way in Local Pension Reform
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Adam Summers
May 6, 2013 - ANALYSIS: Is Managed Competition Dead in San Diego?
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Adam Summers
May 6, 2013 - Non-Profit Partnerships for Animal Shelters Grow
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Solid Waste Collection Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Water and Wastewater Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Finding New Ways to Provide Parks and Recreation Amenities
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Georgia Contract Cities Continue to Evolve
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - City of Austin Releases Surprising Outsourcing Study
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Yonkers, New York Pursuing Innovative School Partnership Approach
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Public-Private Partnerships for Parking Assets
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Mayor Rahm Emanuel Establishes Chicago Infrastructure Trust
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Recent Developments in the Federal Civil-Rights Liability of Federal Private Prisons
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
Alexander Volokh
May 6, 2013 - Colorado, Washington State Vote to Tax and Regulate Recreational Marijuana for Adults
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
Harris Kenny and Andrew Livingston
May 6, 2013 - State and Local Correctional Healthcare Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - State and International Corrections Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - 2012 Corrections Privatization Overview
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
Leonard Gilroy
May 6, 2013 - Time For the Tennessee Valley Authority to Go Private
Privatization makes sense. The hard part is working out exactly how to do it.
Steve Esposito
April 29, 2013 - Weighted Student Formula in the States
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education
Lisa Snell
April 29, 2013 - High-Achieving Charter Schools Serve Diverse Demands of Their Communities
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education
Katie Furtick
April 29, 2013 - Public Opinion of School Choice in 2012
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education
Katie Furtick
April 29, 2013 - Charter Schools Nationally Recognized in 2012
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education
Katie Furtick
April 29, 2013 - Charter School Market Share for 2012
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education
Katie Furtick
April 29, 2013 - School Choice Performance in 2012
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education
Katie Furtick and Lisa Snell
April 29, 2013 - 2012 School Choice Roundup In the States
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Education
Katie Furtick
April 29, 2013 - Living in Operatic Times
On Estonia, it looks like the Krugmanloons were wrong and President Ilves was right
Julian Morris
April 25, 2013 - Time to Scrap the Tax Oligopoly
A better solution to companies keeping their profits in low-tax jurisdictions is to scrap corporate taxes altogether
Julian Morris
April 25, 2013 - Congress and the FAA Could Reduce Air Travel Delays and Save Real Money
Hundreds of outdated air traffic centers could be merged and replaced with newer, more efficient setups
Robert Poole
April 25, 2013 - State Privatization News and Notes
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013 - Child Welfare Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Lisa Snell
April 22, 2013 - Social Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013 - State Liquor Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013 - Higher Education Public-Private Partnerships Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013 - California Pioneers Public-Private Partnerships for Private Operation of State Parks
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013 - The Emergence of Social Impact Bonds: Paying for Success in Social Service Innovation
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013 - Privatization of State Lottery Management
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013 - State Budget Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013 - BCFC Outlines $795 Billion in Federal Budget Savings
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
Adam Summers
April 15, 2013 - ANALYSIS: Privatization of Financial Regulation is Not Impossible
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
Anthony Randazzo and Victor Nava
April 15, 2013 - ANALYSIS: Private Sector is Best-Positioned to Lead Cybersecurity Policy
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
Steven Titch
April 15, 2013 - ANALYSIS: Google, Facebook, Antitrust and the “Public Good”
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
Steven Titch
April 15, 2013 - Congress Takes on Postal Service Reform—Again
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
Adam Summers
April 15, 2013 - Space Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Federal Government Privatization
Adam Summers
April 15, 2013 - The GAO Didn't Endorse the California High-Speed Rail Project
GAO says "there is increased risk of such things as cost overruns, missed deadlines, and unmet performance targets"
Wendell Cox and Joseph Vranich
April 11, 2013 - Leave It to California
Furloughs Lead to Higher Leave Payouts to State Workers
Adam Summers
April 9, 2013 - Breaking the State’s Control of Municipal Pensions in Massachusetts
Interview with Barry Greenfield, Town of Swampscott, Mass. Selectman and Founder/Publisher of EfficientGov.com
Leonard Gilroy
April 8, 2013 - Managed Lanes and Networks
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Leasing Existing Toll Roads
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Major PPP Highway Projects
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Private Activity Bonds
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Transportation Infrastructure Finance 2012
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - State PPP Enabling Legislation
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Federal Reauthorization—MAP-21
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Surface Transportation
Robert Poole
April 8, 2013 - Supreme Court Clarifies Standards for Qualified Immunity in Civil Rights Cases -- Or Does It?
Despite Filarsky ruling, qualified immunity in the privatization context will likely remain confusing
Alexander Volokh
April 5, 2013 - Pull the Plug on Electric Vehicle Claims
Installing electric vehicle car-charging stations in Atlanta may sound like a good way to invest in the future, but using tax money to support the preferences of a small number of Georgia’s higher-income drivers is bad public policy.
Baruch Feigenbaum
April 2, 2013 - Airport Privatization
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Air Transportation
Robert Poole
April 1, 2013 - U.S. Airport Security
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Air Transportation
Robert Poole
April 1, 2013 - Air Traffic Control
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Air Transportation
Robert Poole
April 1, 2013 - What a Recent Labor-Relations Decision Teaches Us About the Meaning of “Public” and “Private”
Alexander Volokh
March 21, 2013 - Creating a Managed Lanes Network in Atlanta
Interview with GDOT Deputy Commissioner Todd Long, incoming SRTA Executive Director Chris Tomlinson and SRTA Director of Operations Steve Corbin
Baruch Feigenbaum
March 19, 2013 - The Reasons President Obama's "Fix-It-FIrst" Program Isn't Smart Transportation Policy
A national policy of fix-it-first would fail to prioritize and misallocate resources very significantly
Robert Poole
March 5, 2013 - Ahead of the Curve Issue No. 14: The Economic Mess of the Recovery Act
Happy birthday to the stimulus
Anthony Randazzo
February 26, 2013 - Supreme Court Antitrust Ruling Supports Public-Private Neutrality, Reduces Barriers to Privatization
Alexander Volokh
February 21, 2013 - California Must Reform Tax Code to Spur Economic Growth
State Should Eliminate Special-Interest Tax Breaks, Lower Business Taxes for All
Adam Summers and Jon Coupal
February 11, 2013 - Merging the Kansas Turnpike Authority Into the State DOT Is a Bad Idea
Gov. Brownback's proposal is far from fiscally conservative
Robert Poole
February 7, 2013 - Gov. Jerry Brown's Budget Breaches Prop. 30 Promise
California uses budgetary gimmicks and trickery to move money around
Adrian Moore
February 4, 2013 - California Budget Is Rife With Giveaways
State's overall tax rates could be cut if it ended all the corporate welfare
Adrian Moore
February 4, 2013 - Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt California Economy
Long Beach is now suffering the unintended consequences of minimum wage laws
Adam Summers
February 1, 2013 - Base California's Budget on Performance, Not Politics
To Gov. Brown, it's more responsible for the state government to just keep spending money on autopilot without wasting time measuring effectiveness or reviewing results
Leonard Gilroy
January 29, 2013 - Gov. Brown Uses Tricks to 'Balance' CA Budget
Budget 'balanced' with tax hikes, smoke & mirrors
Leonard Gilroy
January 18, 2013 - Reason Foundation's California Reform Agenda
What do we want California to look like in 10 years—and how do we get there?
Carl DeMaio
January 10, 2013 - Reducing Federal Spending is the Only Permanent Fiscal Fix
The fiscal cliff deal took a step backwards on spending reform
Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
January 4, 2013 - The Bank of England’s Flawed Approach to Monetary Policy
Central banks lack both the power and the knowledge needed to deliver stable growth.
Tom Clougherty
January 3, 2013 - Gov. Kasich's Ohio Turnpike Mistake and the Future of Highway Funding
Ohio caved to political pressure, but the rest of the world is adapting to the new infrastructure funding paradigm
Robert Poole
January 2, 2013 - Using Innovative Policy Tools to Rebuild Colorado's Infrastructure
Interview with Michael Cheroutes, Director, and Nick Farber, Enterprise Specialist, of the Colorado Department of Transportation's High Performance Transportation Enterprise
Harris Kenny
January 2, 2013
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- How to Avoid Closing Washington State Parks (5/17)
- Give Managed Lane Conversions Time (5/16)
- Why is the CDC Being Anti-Science on State Liquor Privatization? (5/14)
- Louisiana Republicans Introduce Bills to Replicate Massachusetts's Pro-Union, Anti-Privatization “Pacheco Law” (5/9)
- 40th Anniversary of the Rockefeller Drug Laws: Time to Re-think Sentencing Policy (5/8)
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