Adrian Moore
Vice President of Policy, Reason Foundation
Adrian Moore, Ph.D., is vice president of policy at Reason Foundation.
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The COVID-19 Status App: A Risk-Based Tool to Enable Businesses to Reopen While Limiting the Spread of Sars-Cov-2
Part four of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. The purpose of these tools is to enhance trust and improve information sharing.
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Risk-Based Tools to Limit the Spread of Coronavirus: Information on Activity Risks and Industry Standards
Part three of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. The decisions to implement these actions must be voluntary.
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COVID-19 Lockdown Problems and Alternative Strategies to Safely Reopening the Economy
Part one of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. More data-driven approaches based on test and trace are desirable.
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Strategies for Combating and Recovering From the Coronavirus Pandemic
We identified approaches addressed in a series of policy briefs that, if taken together, form a coherent and effective strategy to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cities and States Need to Better Share Testing, Tracing, and Coronavirus Risk Information With Public
Sharing more comprehensive information on testing and areas with positive tests would help make citizens confident they can safely resume activities while continuing to take appropriate actions to manage risks.
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The Length of the Recession and Economic Recovery Could Still Come In A Variety of Forms
This coronavirus pandemic-related economic contraction is unusually hard-hitting on some industries and seems to be digging a bigger, rather than a deeper, hole in economic growth.
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Working Paper: An Evidence-Based Approach to Fighting the Coronavirus Pandemic
"A realistic plan for unlocking society must be found. Urgently. This brief seeks to offer elements of what such a plan might look like, based on evidence from actions taken in many jurisdictions."
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COVID-19 Crisis Shows Governments and Private Companies Spent a Decade Being Fiscally Irresponsible
We pretended the economy would never experience another shock, downturn or recession.
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President Trump and Federal Agencies Botched Initial Coronavirus Response — Bailouts Will Make It Worse
Private businesses should not be operating under the premise that in a financial downturn, or even a crisis, they’ll quickly be bailed out by the federal government.
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Florida Sheriffs Association Is Wrong About Criminal Justice Reforms
The Florida Sheriffs Association attacks the idea of rehabilitation of offenders and argues that only punishment and longer sentences work.
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The Performance of Florida Charter Schools Attracts Parents and Students
Surely the fact that parents are seeking out charter schools, forming queues on waitlists, and coming back year after year demonstrates perceived value.
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Corporations, Politicians Shouldn’t Harm Low-Income and Minority Kids by Pulling Scholarship Funding
The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program serves over 100,000 disadvantaged students in the state.
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Debate Over Local Control and State Preemption Heats Up on Short-Term Rentals
With local governments restricting short-term rentals due to complaints from some of their residents, some homeowners are looking to the state to protect their property rights.
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Tackling the Federal Government’s Spending and Financial Mismanagement
The national debt is over $23 trillion and the 2019 deficit alone was $1 trillion. We need significant and substantive reforms to deal with this growing crisis.
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How Cities Often Overstate the Economic Impact of Events and Facilities
Visit Sarasota estimates the World Rowing Championship generated $22 million in economic impact, while the official body of the championships calculated an impact of $7 million.
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Drug Policy Newsletter: Drug Arrests Increase, Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana, and More
Plus, vaping-related illnesses and THC, a Kentucky legislator wants to legalize marijuana and use the tax revenue to pay unfunded pension liabilities, changes to Illinois' law, corruption in Nevada, and more.
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How To Make State and Local Budgets More Accountable to Taxpayers
Measuring performance allows policymakers to distinguish policy successes from policy failures.
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Florida’s Highway Performance Shows Good Results at Very High Costs
Pavement and bridge conditions are good but in most of the spending categories, Florida tends to spend three to five times as much money as other states.
