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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UC Berkeley Study: Public Pension Costs Crowding Out Other Municipal Spending Priorities
Average city pension contributions increased 69 percent in real dollars over 10 years.
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Florida Passes First in the Nation Data Reporting Standards to Improve Local Government Financial Transparency
A new Florida law promises to greatly ease the task of gathering and analyzing local municipal finance statistics, including data on pension and other post-employment benefits.
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How to Help the 18,000 Californians Who Need Kidney Transplants
Californians should aim to save thousands of lives by ending the kidney shortage, not just reducing the costs of dialysis.
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As housing and stock markets boom, has Congress learned from the last crash?
Hopefully, lawmakers don’t need another global financial crisis to finally fix the credit rating system.
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Despite Pension Changes, Costs Continue to Weigh on Phoenix’s Municipal Finances
Retirement costs absorbing almost one-quarter of city's general fund
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Unfinished Business: Despite Dodd-Frank, Credit Rating Agencies Remain the Financial System’s Weakest Link
The lenient ratings attracted excessive mortgage finance capital that exacerbated a home price bubble—and a wider asset price bubble.
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Mapping Texas Pension Review Board Data
The Pension Review Board data shows that many local pension systems are severely underfunded.
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Proposed Bay Area Toll Hike Is Unlikely to Deliver on Mass Transit Promises
Throwing money at public transportation infrastructure has been a poor bet in the United States for many years now.
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The Tax Cuts Benefit Most of Us Now, But Harm Future Generations
At some point, the cumulative impact of all this deficit spending will trigger an economic crisis.