Commentaries

Gov. Jerry Brown’s Budget Breaches Prop. 30 Promise

California uses budgetary gimmicks and trickery to move money around

By Adrian Moore
February 4, 2013

California Budget Is Rife With Giveaways

State's overall tax rates could be cut if it ended all the corporate welfare

By Adrian Moore
February 4, 2013

Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt California Economy

Long Beach is now suffering the unintended consequences of minimum wage laws

By Adam Summers
February 1, 2013

New Reason Study Calls for California Tax Reform

By Adam Summers
January 30, 2013

Poll: 79 Percent of Americans Say Federal Spending Hasn’t Improved America’s Quality of Life, 49 Percent Support Going Back to Clinton-Era Spending Levels

By Emily Ekins
January 30, 2013

Reason-Rupe Poll: 52 Percent of Americans Say Sandy Hook Is Being Exploited for Political Gain

By Emily Ekins
January 30, 2013

With LaHood Leaving, Who is the Next Secretary of Transportation?

By Baruch Feigenbaum
January 29, 2013

Base California’s Budget on Performance, Not Politics

To Gov. Brown, it's more responsible for the state government to just keep spending money on autopilot without wasting time measuring effectiveness or reviewing results

By Leonard Gilroy
January 29, 2013

California Shouldn’t Raise Minimum Wage

By Adam Summers
January 28, 2013

Gov. Brown Uses Tricks to ‘Balance’ CA Budget

Budget 'balanced' with tax hikes, smoke & mirrors

By Leonard Gilroy
January 18, 2013

Reason Foundation’s California Reform Agenda

What do we want California to look like in 10 yearsâ??and how do we get there?

By Carl DeMaio
January 10, 2013

Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks through Public-Private Partnerships

By Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
January 9, 2013

How to Reform and Get More Value From Federal Transportation Programs

By Robert Poole
January 9, 2013

The Top Transportation Issues to Watch in 2013

By Baruch Feigenbaum
January 8, 2013

Reducing Federal Spending is the Only Permanent Fiscal Fix

The fiscal cliff deal took a step backwards on spending reform

By Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick
January 4, 2013

The Bank of England

Central banks lack both the power and the knowledge needed to deliver stable growth.

By Tom Clougherty
January 3, 2013

Top 12 Transportation Stories of 2012

By Baruch Feigenbaum
January 3, 2013

Gov. Kasich’s Ohio Turnpike Mistake and the Future of Highway Funding

Ohio caved to political pressure, but the rest of the world is adapting to the new infrastructure funding paradigm

By Robert Poole
January 2, 2013