Marc Joffe
Senior Policy Analyst
Marc Joffe is a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation.
After a long career in the financial industry, including a senior director role at Moody's Analytics, Joffe's research now focuses on sovereign and sub-sovereign credit risk and fiscal sustainability.
His financial research has been published by the California State Treasurer's Office, UC Berkeley, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute among others. Joffe is a regular contributor to The Fiscal Times and his op-eds have also appeared in The Guardian, Bloomberg View and RealClearMarkets.
He has an MBA from New York University and an MPA from San Francisco State University.
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California Overstates Bullet Train’s Climate Benefits
California's high-speed rail system would provide little or no reduction in overall greenhouse-gas emissions
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Underfunded Pensions Heighten Risk of Service Insolvency for Local Governments in Illinois
Many local governments in the state face severe legacy cost pressures, but Chicago appears to be in a league of its own.
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Addressing Misperceptions About XBRL for Municipal Disclosure
In the wake of an SEC Municipal Disclosure conference, market leaders should take a fact based approach to machine-readable municipal finance data.
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Local Governments Beware: Pension Obligation Bonds Are a Risky Response to Rising CalPERS Bills
Recent stock market volatility is a warning sign to local agencies considering pension obligation bonds.
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SEC Commissioner Endorses Efforts to Make Municipal Finance Documents More Transparent
It is time to convert tens of thousands of government annual financial statements into machine-readable form using XBRL.
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California Voters Take Free Market Positions On Some Key Ballot Measures
As for the potentially positive long-term political and policy implications, it seems many Californians remain open to economically rational public policies.
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If Southern California Cities Start Public Banks, Taxpayers Should Prepare for Massive Bailouts
Should cities and counties start their own government-owned banks?
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Voters Should be Leery of Approving More State Borrowing
The first rule for getting out of a hole is to stop digging.