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Debtor Nation

Debtor Nation

By Jordan Campbell and Marc Joffe

The national debt is over $30 trillion. Between 1965 and 2020, the federal government ran an annual budget deficit in 52 of 57 years.

Privatization and Government Reform News: Surface transportation trends, revenue-risk, and more

Privatization and Government Reform News: Surface transportation trends, revenue-risk, and more

By Austill Stuart

Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Surface Transportation

Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Surface Transportation

By Baruch Feigenbaum and Mae Baltz

Land-use regulations drive up the cost of housing and hamper economic mobility

Land-use regulations drive up the cost of housing and hamper economic mobility

By Vittorio Nastasi

The difficulties of assigning ESG ratings

The difficulties of assigning ESG ratings

By Jordan Campbell

Bus rapid transit systems need to use transit signal priority

Commentary by Baruch Feigenbaum

Pension Reform News: Hybrid pension proposal falls short in Louisiana, shortcomings of ESG scores, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

California community colleges are losing students

Commentary by Marc Joffe

Biden keeps his bad promise on charter schools

Commentary by Christian Barnard

Over 100,000 died from drug overdoses in 2021 as public policy drives people to fentanyl

Commentary by Jacob James Rich

How to make overdue reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act

Commentary by Baruch Feigenbaum

California’s high-speed rail line will share track with commuter rail, slowing trains and increasing accident risks

Commentary by Marc Joffe

Eliminating the cultivation tax would help California’s legal cannabis industry compete with the illicit market

Commentary by Geoffrey Lawrence

Utah should abolish qualified immunity, implement the common law standard

Commentary by Desmond Mantle

Pension Integrity Project

The difficulties of assigning ESG ratings

Commentary by Jordan Campbell

Pension Reform News: Hybrid pension proposal falls short in Louisiana, shortcomings of ESG scores, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Testimony: Teacher Retirement System of Texas can improve funding policies to benefit taxpayers, employees

Testimony by Steven Gassenberger

Education

California community colleges are losing students

Commentary by Marc Joffe

Biden keeps his bad promise on charter schools

Commentary by Christian Barnard

Data shows financial incentives matter for K-12 open enrollment policies

Commentary by Aaron Garth Smith

Transportation

Bus rapid transit systems need to use transit signal priority

Commentary by Baruch Feigenbaum

Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Surface Transportation

Annual Privatization Report by Baruch Feigenbaum and Mae Baltz

California’s high-speed rail line will share track with commuter rail, slowing trains and increasing accident risks

Commentary by Marc Joffe

Privatization

Privatization and Government Reform News: Surface transportation trends, revenue-risk, and more

Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart

What is a revenue-risk public-private partnership?

Backgrounder by Robert Poole

Privatization and Government Reform News: Municipal golf losses, sewer sale, and more

Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart

Individual Freedom

Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes

FAQ by Guy Bentley

Rather than banning menthols, FDA should embrace harm reduction

Commentary by Guy Bentley

A ban on menthol cigarettes would hurt communities of color and undermine criminal justice reforms

Commentary by Guy Bentley

Data Visualization

Debtor Nation

Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell and Marc Joffe

Modeling how public pension investments may perform over the next 30 years

Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell and Truong Bui

Public Pension Plans Need to Put a Year of Good Investment Returns In Perspective

Data Visualization by Truong Bui and Jordan Campbell

Policy Studies

The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market

Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence

Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes

FAQ by Guy Bentley

Working Paper: How shifting to a defined contribution retirement plan impacted teacher retention in Alaska

Working Paper by Jen Sidorova, Evgenia Gorina, Anil Niraula and Marc Joffe

Reason Foundation Newsletters

Privatization and Government Reform News: Surface transportation trends, revenue-risk, and more

Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart

Pension Reform News: Hybrid pension proposal falls short in Louisiana, shortcomings of ESG scores, and more

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Surface Transportation News: Anti-highway rhetoric, electricity on highways, and more

Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

Aviation Policy News: European aviation’s net zero plan, rethinking service at small airports, and more

Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

Privatization and Government Reform News: Municipal golf losses, sewer sale, and more

Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart

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Annual Publications

Annual Highway Report: Ranking each state’s highway conditions and cost-effectiveness

Policy Study by Baruch Feigenbaum and Spence Purnell

Privatization and Government Reform News: Transportation P3s, solutions for space debris, and more

Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart

Annual Privatization Report 2021—Aviation

Annual Privatization Report by Robert Poole

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