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If Southern California Cities Start Public Banks, Taxpayers Should Prepare for Massive Bailouts

If Southern California Cities Start Public Banks, Taxpayers Should Prepare for Massive Bailouts

By Marc Joffe

This column originally ran in The Orange County Register.

Voters Should be Leery of Approving More State Borrowing
Voters Should be Leery of Approving More State Borrowing

By Marc Joffe

Public-Private Partnership Program Is Helping Serve Homeless Veterans and Their Families
Public-Private Partnership Program Is Helping Serve Homeless Veterans and Their Families

By Nicholas DeSimone

‘Postal Banking Act’: Return to Sender
‘Postal Banking Act’: Return to Sender

By Nicholas DeSimone

Investor Interest in “Pay for Success” Encouraging, Despite Early Setbacks
Investor Interest in “Pay for Success” Encouraging, Despite Early Setbacks

By Austill Stuart

  • Philadelphia Wants to Tax Its Way to Affordable Housing
    Philadelphia Wants to Tax Its Way to Affordable Housing

    Commentary by Allie Howell

  • California Helped Create and Grow the Sharing Economy, Hopefully it Won’t Destroy it
    California Helped Create and Grow the Sharing Economy, Hopefully it Won’t Destroy it

    Commentary by Adrian Moore

  • The Changing Workplace And The New Self-Employed Economy
    The Changing Workplace And The New Self-Employed Economy

    Policy Study by Adrian Moore

  • Gambling With Taxpayer Money and Losing: Florida’s Business Incentives Program
    Gambling With Taxpayer Money and Losing: Florida’s Business Incentives Program

    Commentary by Adrian Moore and Spence Purnell

  • Does Occupational Licensing Really Improve Public Health and Safety?
    Does Occupational Licensing Really Improve Public Health and Safety?

    Commentary by Spence Purnell

  • As housing and stock markets boom, has Congress learned from the last crash?
    As housing and stock markets boom, has Congress learned from the last crash?

    Commentary by Marc Joffe

  • Unfinished Business: Despite Dodd-Frank, Credit Rating Agencies Remain the Financial System’s Weakest Link
    Unfinished Business: Despite Dodd-Frank, Credit Rating Agencies Remain the Financial System’s Weakest Link

    Policy Study by Marc Joffe

  • The Tax Cuts Benefit Most of Us Now, But Harm Future Generations
    The Tax Cuts Benefit Most of Us Now, But Harm Future Generations

    Commentary by Marc Joffe

  • Carrier Deal Speaks Timeless Truth – Markets Cannot be Bought
    Carrier Deal Speaks Timeless Truth – Markets Cannot be Bought

    Commentary by Spence Purnell

Economy and Economics Policy Studies

  • The Changing Workplace And The New Self-Employed Economy
    The Changing Workplace And The New Self-Employed Economy

    Policy Study by Adrian Moore

  • Unfinished Business: Despite Dodd-Frank, Credit Rating Agencies Remain the Financial System’s Weakest Link
    Unfinished Business: Despite Dodd-Frank, Credit Rating Agencies Remain the Financial System’s Weakest Link

    Policy Study by Marc Joffe

  • America’s Debt and Deficit
    America’s Debt and Deficit

    Policy Brief by Anthony Randazzo and Marc Joffe

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