Commentaries

California Wants to Borrow Billions for Short-term Drought Relief

Next generation will be faced with inadequate infrastructure and too much debt to do anything about it

By Adrian Moore and Lance Christensen
October 2, 2014

Ridesharing Could be Cost-Effective Way to Help Reduce Congestion in California

By Brian Deignan
October 1, 2014

Plastic Bag Bans Are a Not a Panacea for Environmental Ills

Bans harm the environment, raise consumer costs and reduce personal freedom

By Julian Morris
September 30, 2014

Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter #11 (September 2014 edition)

By Leonard Gilroy
September 30, 2014

Innovators in Action (September 2014 edition): Building Pennsylvania’s Public-Private Partnership Program

By Leonard Gilroy
September 29, 2014

Building Pennsylvania’s Transportation Public-Private Partnership Program

Interview with Bryan Kendro, Director, Office of Policy & Public Private Partnerships, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

By Leonard Gilroy
September 29, 2014

The Public Sector Ponzi Plan

By Maureen Bader and Lance Christensen
September 25, 2014

California Public Pension Cuts Ties With Hedge Funds

By Victor Nava
September 25, 2014

Trying to use the Endangered Species Act to Control Water in Florida: a Hint of What is Coming for Much of the Country

By Brian Seasholes
September 24, 2014

What the Indiana Toll Road Bankruptcy Means for Indiana, Other States, and Future Public-Private Partnerships

By Robert Poole
September 22, 2014

Millennials Signal the Political Future

Are Democrats and Republicans ready to adapt?

By Emily Ekins
September 22, 2014

Save the Gunnison Sage Grouse From the Endangered Species Act

By Brian Seasholes
September 22, 2014

Focus on Rehabilitation, Re-entry Services to Help Lower Prison Recidivism

California counties should look for opportunities to partner with private sector

By Leonard Gilroy
September 19, 2014

New BJS Report: U.S. Prison Population Increased in 2013 for the First Time in Four Years

By Lauren Krisai
September 16, 2014

Public-employee Compensation vs. Private-employee Compensation

By Truong Bui
September 15, 2014

Who Pays for Public Employee Health Costs?

By Truong Bui
September 15, 2014

The Golden State’s Pension Reforms Get Spiked

By Victor Nava
September 12, 2014

The Still-Problematic State of the Birds 2014 Report: Giving the Endangered Species Act Sole Credit for the Bald Eagle’s Recovery

By Brian Seasholes
September 11, 2014