Commentaries

Florida to Default New Hires to Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Option

By Leonard Gilroy and Spence Purnell
June 7, 2017

Kentucky Takes a Quantum Leap in Funding Policy

By Daniel Takash
June 6, 2017

New Georgia Cities Demonstrate Benefits of Privatization, PPPs

Efficient and reliable services are what's most important to residents, not which sector provides them.

By Leonard Gilroy
May 31, 2017

Privatization Figures Prominently in Trump’s FY2018 Budget Proposal

Budget offers several policy proposals involving greater utilization of the private sector.

May 31, 2017

Shifting New Jersey Lottery to Pensions is a Gamble

By Anthony Randazzo and Daniel Takash
May 31, 2017

Stephen Goldsmith Receives Reason Foundation’s 2017 Savas Award for Public-Private Partnerships

Former Indianapolis Mayor receives annual public-private partnership award.

By Leonard Gilroy
May 30, 2017

Another Study on Pension Funds Increasing Their Risky Alternative Asset Holdings

By Anthony Randazzo and Truong Bui
May 26, 2017

Trump’s DOT Budget Uses Principle of Federalism in Making Funding Decisions

By Baruch Feigenbaum
May 26, 2017

Pension Reform Newsletter #36 (May 2017 edition)

By Leonard Gilroy and Anthony Randazzo
May 26, 2017

Would Greater Autonomy for New Jersey Public Safety Plan Improve its Fiscal Health? (Probably Not)

By Daniel Takash
May 26, 2017

Reviewing South Carolina’s New Funding Policy

By Anthony Randazzo and Anil Niraula
May 26, 2017

Customers Want Cheap flights, not Congressional Regulation of Airlines

Airline deregulation has led to more flights at lower prices.

By Baruch Feigenbaum
May 25, 2017

It Is Time for Connecticut to Do Away With Civil Asset Forfeiture

Civil asset forfeiture is not necessary for police to do their jobs properly, nor is it necessary for the protection of public safety.

By Lauren Krisai
May 25, 2017

Milwaukee County Seeks Help for Troubled Pension System

By Anil Niraula
May 17, 2017

Lincoln, NE Passes Ordinance Requiring the City to Pay Its Pension Bills

By Anthony Randazzo
May 16, 2017

Use Priorities, Metrics, Partnerships to Fix Roads

California needs a metric-driven approach to transportation spending to improve conditions of roadways.

By Baruch Feigenbaum
May 15, 2017

IMF Report Predicts Slow Productivity Growth in Years to Come

By Daniel Takash
May 12, 2017

Using Property Taxes to Fund Public Schools Prompts Inequities

The most glaring problem with relying on property tax revenues to fund schools is that a child’s ZIP code can determine a school's resources.

By Aaron Garth Smith
May 7, 2017