Policy Studies
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No. 124 Neutralism: The Strange Philosophy Behind the Movement for Net Neutrality
Publication -Policy Studies -The election of Barack Obama as president ushered in a new era of regulatory zeal in Washington, with both Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determined to solve alleged problems with access to and management of the Internet. -
Neutralism: The Strange Philosophy Behind the Movement for Net Neutrality
Publication -Policy Studies -This Heartland Policy Study by telecommunications and information technology expert James G. Lakely examines the philosophy that underlies the movement for network neutrality. -
No. 123 Obama Health Plan: Rationing, Higher Taxes, and Lower Quality Care
Publication -Policy Studies -President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are rushing to enact legislation that would overhaul the way health care is financed and delivered in the United States. -
No. 122 Safety First: A Legislator’s Brief on Biosimilars
Publication -Policy Studies -Congress is currently exploring legislation that would create a new drug approval process in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for what are called follow-on biologics, or “biosimilar” therapies. -
County of Santa Clara, et al., vs. The Superior Court of Santa Clara County
Publication -Policy Studies -On Monday, April 27, 2009, The Heartland Institute filed an Amicus brief in the California Supreme Court supporting the defendants in the case who argue California cities and counties ought to be barred from hiring contingent fee lawyers to prosecute -
No. 121 Housing Policy for the 21st Century
Publication -Policy Studies -In "Housing Policy for the 21st Century," William Higginson outlines several key policy recommendations he says "would have a dramatic effect on affordable housing. -
No. 121 Housing Policy for the 21st Century
Publication -Policy Studies -In "Housing Policy for the 21st Century," William Higginson outlines several key policy recommendations he says "would have a dramatic effect on affordable housing. -
Can Vouchers Reform Public Schools?
Publication -Policy Studies -This Heartland Policy Study by education expert George Clowes addresses concerns about the efficacy of school vouchers that have been raised recently by some school reform advocates. -
No. 119 Welfare Reform after Ten Years: A State-by-State Analysis
Publication -Policy Studies -Welfare Reform after Ten Years assigns grades to the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on how they implemented the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), which gave states unprecedented flexibility -
No. 119 Welfare Reform after Ten Years: A State-by-State Analysis
Publication -Policy Studies -Welfare Reform after Ten Years assigns grades to the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on how they implemented the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), which gave states unprecedented flexibility -
Short-term Effects of a Teenage Driver Cell Phone Restriction
Publication -Policy Studies -This academic study, conducted in 2008 by University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center Senior Research Scientist Robert D. -
No. 116 Choice & Education Across the States
Publication -Policy Studies -Choice & Education Across the States ranks state efforts to increase accountability and improve student achievement with four kinds of school choice: vouchers, charters, tax credits, and public school choice. -
No. 118 Property & Casualty Insurance Report Card (pdf)
Publication -Policy Studies -This report card outlines the methodology and results of a joint Heartland Institute/Competitive Enterprise Institute project to produce a 50-state report card on insurance regulation. -
No. 115 Understanding Visual Exhibits in the Global Warming Debate
Publication -Policy Studies -With a lack of traditional science, partisans on both sides, and enormous consequences depending on popular opinion and political will, it is important that people understand the evidence in the debate over global warming. -
Solving the Freight Rail Transportation Bottleneck
Publication -Policy Studies -This Heartland Policy Study by transportation expert Wendell Cox describes how to prevent a freight rail bottleneck in the U.S. -
No. 112 The Consumer Benefits of Video Franchise Reform in Illinois
Publication -Policy Studies -Illinois has the opportunity to join a growing number of states that have streamlined the process of competitive entry into cable TV markets by giving the state the authority to grant a video franchise to a new entrant seeking to launch service anywhere -
No. 111 – What Climate Scientists Think About Global Warming
Publication -Policy Studies -Full text of the study (pdf): http://heartland.org/article.cfm?artId=20732 The Heartland Institute has released a study challenging assertions that climate scientists have come to a consensus about global warming. -
No. 111 – What Climate Scientists Really Say about Global Warming
Publication -Policy Studies -The Heartland Institute has released a study challenging assertions that climate scientists have come to a consensus about global warming. -
The Ultimate Tax Reform: Public Revenue from Land Rent (full text pdf)
Publication -Policy Studies -This analysis explains why land value taxation is, as Milton Friedman once put it, the “least bad” tax. An ideal tax system respects a person’s right to privacy, does not discourage work or savings, and does not induce dishonesty. -
No. 110 Iowa Municipal Communications Systems: The Financial Track Record
Publication -Policy Studies -This report documents the financial performance of three municipal communications systems operating in Iowa: Cedar Falls, Muscatine, and Spencer. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic Analysis (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation Presentation to the Pennsylvania House Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy. -
No. 108 Municipal Broadband: Optimistic Plan, Disappointing Reality
Publication -Policy Studies -This paper compares the financial performance of a municipal fiber-to-the-home system in Bristol, Virginia with projections made by the same consultant for a proposed fiber-to-the-home system in Lafayette, Louisiana. -
No. 107 – Illinois’ Public Pension Crisis: Policy Study (pdf)
Publication -Policy Studies -This analysis finds Illinois is facing a serious public pension fund crisis due to systematic underpayment of the state’s obligations for more than 25 years. -
No. 106 – A Guide to Classical Liberal Think Tanks
Publication -Policy Studies -Philanthropists who want to make the world a better place to live have many choices of worthy groups and causes.