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- Spectrum Policy: Wireless Market Needs the FCC to Get On With Reallocating Spectrum
Fair, open auctions are the best way to reallocate spectrum
Steven Titch
April 16, 2013 - An Argument for Equal Marriage
Marriage laws should allow people to shape their lives as they wish
Helen Dale
March 25, 2013 - Funding Important Transportation Infrastructure In a Fiscally Constrained Environment
Rethinking how America pays for and manages its critically important transportation infrastructure
Robert Poole
January 9, 2013 - Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction - Update 2012
Who Benefits and By How Much?
Anthony Randazzo and Dean Stansel
December 12, 2012 - Immigration Policy: An Argument for Opening America's Borders
The empirical and economic benefits of open borders
Shikha Dalmia
December 7, 2012 - California Voters' Guide: November 2012 Ballot Propositions
Californians face a daunting package of ballot questions. Here, in brief, is the free minds and free markets perspective on each proposition.
Adrian Moore
October 17, 2012 - California Voters' Guide: 2012: Proposition 31
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on this proposition.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 32
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 32.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 33
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 33.
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 34
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 34.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 35
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 35.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 36
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 30.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 37
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 37.
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 38
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 38.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 39
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 39.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 40
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on proposition 30.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - California Voters' Guide 2012: Proposition 30
Among a daunting package of ballot questions, here is the free minds and free markets perspective on this proposition.
Adrian Moore
October 16, 2012 - Ten Myths and Facts on Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
Addressing fears, misperceptions surrounding transportation PPPs in Ohio
Leonard Gilroy and Robert Poole
July 26, 2012 - The Senate's Transportation Bill Attacks Public-Private Partnerships
How and why the surface transportation reauthorization bill would deprive states of a much-needed tool for expanding investment in highways and transit
Baruch Feigenbaum
May 11, 2012 - Privatization of Airports, Air Traffic Control and Airport Security
Aviation Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Robert Poole
May 1, 2012 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
State Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Leonard Gilroy and Lisa Snell
May 1, 2012 - The Year 2011 in Toll Roads, HOT Lanes, Infrastructure Finance
Surface Transportation Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Robert Poole
May 1, 2012 - The Year 2011 in Corrections Public-Private Partnerships and Public Safety
Corrections and Public Safety Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
May 1, 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 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government
Local Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Harris Kenny and Adam Summers
May 1, 2012 - School Choice, Charter Schools, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Education Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Lisa Snell
May 1, 2012 - The Year 2011 in IT Outsourcing, Network Neutrality, and Federal Broadband
Telecommunications Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Steven Titch
May 1, 2012 - The Environmental Protection Agency and Boiler MACT Regulation
EPA boiler rules should reflect the real world
Adam Peshek
April 10, 2012 - Gaining Public Support for Congestion Pricing on Highways
Delivering value and offering multiple options for drivers and truckers
Robert Poole
April 9, 2012 - Evaluating and Improving the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants
Narrowing the focus to nationally important transportation projects with proven economic benefits
Baruch Feigenbaum
April 5, 2012 - Why the House Should Give States Greater Tolling Flexibility
Tolls and road pricing are needed to rebuild, modernize and expand the Interstate system
Robert Poole
April 5, 2012 - Reason-Rupe Transportation Poll
December 20, 2011 - Risks and Rewards of Public-Private Partnerships for Highways
The reasons public-private partnerships are being used to fund infrastructure
Baruch Feigenbaum
December 8, 2011 - Privatizing "Yellow Pages" Government in Pennsylvania
Private sector solutions for the Keystone State
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Katrina Currie and Elizabeth Stelle
May 26, 2011 - TIFIA Is a Powerful Tool In Financing Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects
Program helps user-funded public-private partnerships get built
Robert Poole
April 26, 2011 - The Year 2010 in Corrections Public-Private Partnerships
Corrections Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
March 10, 2011 - The Year 2010 in Water & Wastewater Public-Private Partnerships
Water and Wastewater Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
March 10, 2011 - The Year 2010 in IT Outsourcing, Network Neutrality, and Federal Broadband
Telecommunications Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Steven Titch and Leonard Gilroy
February 25, 2011 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government
Local Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Samuel Staley and Adam Summers
February 23, 2011 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
State Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Shirley Ybarra and Tyler Millhouse
February 18, 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 - School Choice, Charter Schools, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Education Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Lisa Snell and Leonard Gilroy
February 15, 2011 - The Year 2010 in Toll Roads, HOT Lanes, Infrastructure Finance
Surface Transportation Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Robert Poole and Leonard Gilroy
February 11, 2011 - Privatization of Airports, Air Traffic Control and Airport Security
Aviation Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Robert Poole and Leonard Gilroy
February 10, 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 - Transportation Mega-Projects and Risk
What we can learn from Boston's Big Dig to improve future major infrastructure projects
Robert Poole and Peter Samuel
February 9, 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 Tampa to Orlando High-Speed Rail Project
A Florida taxpayer risk assessment
Wendell Cox and Robert Poole
January 6, 2011 - 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
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