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The Endangered Species Act at 40: Species Profiles
The ESA's record of success has been badly exaggerated, and the Act has been detrimental to the conservation of species it was designed to protect
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Transit Utilization and Traffic Congestion: Is There a Connection?
Research finds no statistically significant evidence linking increases in transit utilization to reductions in congestion
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The Challenge of Comparing Public and Private Correctional Costs
Can privately operated prisons reduce costs without compromising performance?
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Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction: Who Benefits and by How Much? 2013 Update
The mortgage interest deduction causes harmful economic distortions and its benefits are concentrated among the wealthy
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Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks Through Public-Private Partnerships
Defining and applying the park operation public-private partnership (PPP) model.
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Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2013
Examining the results in districts using portable student funding
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Lobbying, Cronyism and Section 1705 Loan Guarantees
Why the Department of Energy should stop guaranteeing loans for green energy projects
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Still A Loser: The Tampa to Orlando High-Speed Rail Proposal
Florida taxpayers face huge operating deficits come 2026 if the project goes ahead
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The Effect of Satellite and Wireless on Rural Universal Service Policy
Subsidies for rural broadband are unnecessary, reduce competition and undermine private infrastructure investment
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Payday Lending: Protecting or Harming Consumers?
Many criticisms of payday lending are based on myths. The evidence shows payday lending offers benefits to consumers
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Lessons in Municipal Broadband from Lafayette, Louisiana
Broadband isn't a monopoly-based infrastructure utility; it's an extremely competitive service business
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Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: Reforming Louisiana
How to safely reduce Louisiana's nonviolent prison population, implement fairer sentencing and reduce corrections spending
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Frequently Asked Questions About Interstate 2.0
Answering your questions about using value-added, all-electronic tolling to fund the reconstruction of America's aging Interstates
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Interstate 2.0: Modernizing the Interstate Highway System Via Toll Finance
The 20th-century fuel tax cannot deliver a second-generation Interstate highway system, 21st-century all-electronic tolling can
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Practical Strategies for Increasing Mobility in Atlanta
A plan to give Atlanta the comprehensive highway and transit networks it needs
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Analyzing State Government Spending
States significantly overspent even when the economy was good
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Comparing the Travel Times, Environmental Impacts and Costs of Traveling by Bus and Amtrak
Study finds travel times on motorcoaches and Amtrak are similar, but ticket costs and emissions are much lower with bus travel
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Crony Capitalism and Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae and Uncle Sam: Cronyism in Higher Education Finance