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  • Vital PPE: How To Increase Production and Distribution of Masks to Fight COVID-19
    Vital PPE: How To Increase Production and Distribution of Masks to Fight COVID-19

    Part six of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. The important role PPE has in containing the coronavirus and returning to pre-COVID-19 economic activities.

    By Jacob James Rich
    August 10, 2020

  • Solving Florida’s Blue-Green Algae Bloom Crisis
    Solving Florida’s Blue-Green Algae Bloom Crisis

    Algal blooms and their associated health risks have the potential to hurt large segments of Florida’s economy and public well-being.

    By Vittorio Nastasi
    July 28, 2020

  • COVID-19 And Soaring Costs Are New Challenges for Texas High-Speed Rail Line
    COVID-19 And Soaring Costs Are New Challenges for Texas High-Speed Rail Line

    If Texas Central chooses to move ahead with this high-speed rail project, lawmakers and taxpayers should ensure it does not receive stimulus funding.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum
    July 27, 2020

  • Monitor-Test-Trace-Isolate: Policies for Understanding and Reacting to COVID-19 Infections
    Monitor-Test-Trace-Isolate: Policies for Understanding and Reacting to COVID-19 Infections

    Part five of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Technologies that enable contact tracing and sharing of verified COVID-19 status while preserving privacy and autonomy.

    By Julian Morris
    July 23, 2020

  • The COVID-19 Status App: A Risk-Based Tool to Enable Businesses to Reopen While Limiting the Spread of Sars-Cov-2
    The COVID-19 Status App: A Risk-Based Tool to Enable Businesses to Reopen While Limiting the Spread of Sars-Cov-2

    Part four of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. The purpose of these tools is to enhance trust and improve information sharing.

    By Julian Morris and Adrian Moore
    July 23, 2020

  • Risk-Based Tools to Limit the Spread of Coronavirus: Information on Activity Risks and Industry Standards
    Risk-Based Tools to Limit the Spread of Coronavirus: Information on Activity Risks and Industry Standards

    Part three of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. The decisions to implement these actions must be voluntary.

    By Adrian Moore and Julian Morris
    July 23, 2020

  • Preventing, Containing and Mitigating COVID-19: Lessons From Around the World
    Preventing, Containing and Mitigating COVID-19: Lessons From Around the World

    Part two of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Success almost everywhere started with the use of extensive strategic testing.

    By Julian Morris and Marc Joffe
    July 23, 2020

  • COVID-19 Lockdown Problems and Alternative Strategies to Safely Reopening the Economy
    COVID-19 Lockdown Problems and Alternative Strategies to Safely Reopening the Economy

    Part one of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. More data-driven approaches based on test and trace are desirable.

    By Adrian Moore, Julian Morris, Marc Joffe, Geoffrey Lawrence and Jacob James Rich
    July 23, 2020

  • Strategies for Combating and Recovering From the Coronavirus Pandemic
    Strategies for Combating and Recovering From the Coronavirus Pandemic

    We identified approaches addressed in a series of policy briefs that, if taken together, form a coherent and effective strategy to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

    By Adrian Moore and Julian Morris
    July 23, 2020

  • Do Marijuana License Fees Help Keep the Black Market Going?
    Do Marijuana License Fees Help Keep the Black Market Going?

    Marijuana fees are much higher than most alcohol license fees in each respective state.

    By Allie Howell
    July 15, 2020

  • Why Florida Should Shift from Gas Taxes to Per-Mile User Fees— and How to Do It
    Why Florida Should Shift from Gas Taxes to Per-Mile User Fees— and How to Do It

    This policy brief focuses on how Florida policymakers can address the looming highway-funding problem by transitioning from per-gallon taxes to per-mile charges.

    By Robert Poole
    July 7, 2020

  • How Much Gas Tax Money States Divert Away From Roads
    How Much Gas Tax Money States Divert Away From Roads

    Examining the percentage of state gas tax revenue that is allocated for expenses unrelated to roads, including money shifted to law enforcement, education, tourism, environmental programs and more.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum and Joe Hillman
    June 30, 2020

  • Marijuana Business Insurance: Another Hurdle For Entrepreneurs
    Marijuana Business Insurance: Another Hurdle For Entrepreneurs

    The current regulatory landscape has resulted in business owners who are hesitant to purchase insurance and few companies willing to provide insurance.

    By Allie Howell
    June 10, 2020

  • The “New Normal” In Public Pension Investment Returns
    The “New Normal” In Public Pension Investment Returns

    The primary culprit of growing pension debt has been the across-the-board investment underperformance of pension assets relative to plans’ own return targets.

    By Anil Niraula and Truong Bui
    April 15, 2020

  • The Economic Consequences of Fuel Economy Standards
    The Economic Consequences of Fuel Economy Standards

    This is the fourth in a series of briefs explaining and evaluating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) standards.

    By Julian Morris
    March 30, 2020

  • A Roadmap to Fix Arizona’s School Finance System
    A Roadmap to Fix Arizona’s School Finance System

    Arizona needs to adopt a system that more effectively attaches dollars to individual students based on their needs—regardless of property wealth and district boundaries.

    By Christian Barnard
    February 25, 2020

  • The Economic Impacts of School Choice in Kentucky
    The Economic Impacts of School Choice in Kentucky

    This report finds that access to public charter schools in Louisville could provide the $138 million in economic benefits from higher lifetime earnings associated with increases in academic achievement.

    By Corey A. DeAngelis
    February 6, 2020

  • How Occupational Licensing Hurts Florida’s Most Vulnerable
    How Occupational Licensing Hurts Florida’s Most Vulnerable

    Florida could remove barriers to employment by eliminating unnecessary licenses and reducing the requirements for widely licensed occupations.

    By Vittorio Nastasi
    February 6, 2020

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