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August 16, 2011
Policy Analysis

No. 682
Private School Chains in Chile: Do Better Schools Scale Up?
… are more effective at promoting higher‐quality education. The answer to this question has profound implications for U.S. education policy, because reliably scaling up the best schools has proven to be a particularly difficult problem. If there are policies …
By Gregory Elacqua, Dante Contreras, Felipe Salazar, & Humberto Santos
June 20, 2011
Policy Analysis

No. 679
The Subprime Lending Debacle: Competitive Private Markets Are the Solution, Not the Problem
… we conclude that the system and the political risks it is subject to are unnecessary. Any U.S. housing finance policy that does not safeguard prudential regulation from political influence by separating housing subsidy from finance and eliminating government‐ induced …
By Patric H. Hendershott and Kevin Villani
June 6, 2011
Policy Analysis

No. 677
The Other Lottery: Are Philanthropists Backing the Best Charter Schools?
By Andrew J. Coulson
March 28, 2011
Policy Analysis

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Bankrupt: Entitlements and the Federal Budget
By Michael D. Tanner
July 21, 2010
Policy Analysis

No. 665
The Inefficiency of Clearing Mandates
By Craig Pirrong
June 25, 2010
Policy Analysis

No. 664
The DISCLOSE Act, Deliberation, and the First Amendment
By John Samples
January 21, 2010
Policy Analysis

No. 658
The Libertarian Vote in the Age of Obama
By David Kirby and David Boaz
January 19, 2010
Policy Analysis

No. 657
The Massachusetts Health Plan: Much Pain, Little Gain
By Aaron Yelowitz and Michael F. Cannon
January 13, 2010
Policy Analysis

No. 656
Obama’s Prescription for Low-Wage Workers: High Implicit Taxes, Higher Premiums
By Michael F. Cannon
November 18, 2009
Policy Analysis

No. 654
Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation
… benefits. That is a virtue of the American system that is not reflected in comparative life expectancy and mortality statistics. Policymakers should consider the impact of reform proposals on innovation. For example, proposals that increase spending on diagnostics and therapeutics …
By Glen Whitman and Raymond Raad
November 10, 2009
Policy Analysis

No. 651
Fairness 2.0: Media Content Regulation in the 21st Century
Civil libertarians feared that a change of administrations would herald a revived Fairness Doctrine, a policy that previously permitted the government to oversee broadcast news coverage for “balanced views.” A return to the Fairness Doctrine, however, now seems unlikely. It …
By Robert Corn-Revere
October 21, 2009
Policy Analysis

No. 650
Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care
By Michael F. Cannon
October 7, 2009
Policy Analysis

No. 647
Why Sustainability Standards for Biofuel Production Make Little Economic Sense
By Harry de Gorter and David R. Just
October 1, 2009
Policy Analysis

No. 646
How Urban Planners Caused the Housing Bubble
By Randal O’Toole
September 15, 2009
Policy Analysis

No. 644
Getting What You Paid For — Paying For What You Get: Proposals for the Next Transportation Reauthorization
By Randal O’Toole

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Private School Chains in Chile: Do Better Schools Scale Up?

The Subprime Lending Debacle: Competitive Private Markets Are the Solution, Not the Problem

The Other Lottery: Are Philanthropists Backing the Best Charter Schools?

Bankrupt: Entitlements and the Federal Budget

The Inefficiency of Clearing Mandates

The DISCLOSE Act, Deliberation, and the First Amendment

The Libertarian Vote in the Age of Obama

The Massachusetts Health Plan: Much Pain, Little Gain

Obama’s Prescription for Low-Wage Workers: High Implicit Taxes, Higher Premiums

Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation

Fairness 2.0: Media Content Regulation in the 21st Century

Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care

Why Sustainability Standards for Biofuel Production Make Little Economic Sense

How Urban Planners Caused the Housing Bubble

Getting What You Paid For — Paying For What You Get: Proposals for the Next Transportation Reauthorization