Publications
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The Future of Nuclear Energy
Publication -The Leaflet -Lifting the undue regulations currently placed on the nuclear power industry would lead to an expansion of nuclear energy in the United States, which would be beneficial to the environment, economy, and to the stability of the U.S. power grid. -
Research & Commentary: Cuomo’s ‘Free’ Tuition Plan Won’t Help Poor Students or Reduce College Costs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Plan Amounts To Nothing More Than A Welfare Program For Upper-Middle-Income Households -
The Top States Issues for 2017
Publication -The Leaflet -With 2016 coming to a close, most state lawmakers heading back to their state capitols to tackle many important issues. Highlighted below are some of the biggest problems facing the states. -
Research & Commentary: Nationwide Study Finds Communities Benefit from Fracking
Publication -Research and Commentaries -SSRN Study Finds Fracking Brought $64 Billion In Yearly Household Benefits To Nine Shale Basins -
Research & Commentary: Dramatic Gas Tax Hike Won’t Help Alaska Maintain Its Roads
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Alaska Gov. Bill Walker (I) recently introduced a proposal to hike the state’s gas tax rate as part of his 2018 budget plan. The tax would quadrouple from 8 cents per gallon to 24 cents per gallon on July 1, 2018. -
Heartland Institute and National Tax Limitation Committee Offer a Roadmap for the 21st Century
Publication -The Leaflet -The Heartland Institute and National Tax Limitation Committee have released two new papers in a multi-part series titled Roadmap for the 21st Century -
Roadmap for the 21st Century: Welfare Reform
Publication -Policy Briefs -The reforms outlined here would win the War on Poverty, end the poverty trap, and free the nation’s poor to become productive citizens and raise children prepared for better lives than their parents had. -
State-by-State Health Care Openness and Access Rankings
Publication -The Leaflet -The Mercatus Center at George Mason University recently released a new research project ranking states across the nation based on their access and openness to health care. -
Research & Commentary: Washington Gov. Inslee’s Tax Plan Will Slow Investment and Economic Development
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Tim Benson and Matthew Glans examine a new education funding proposal in Washington which includes taxes on carbon and capital gains that would have a strong negative impact on investment and the cost of doing business. -
Research & Commentary: Maryland Should Boost Funding for BOOST Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Tim Benson examines a new proposal in Maryland that would double the funding for the state’s Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program (BOOST), a voucher program for low-income students. -
Research & Commentary: Gas Tax Debate Reemerges in South Carolina
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a proposed gasoline tax hike in South Carolina and recommends against relying on ineffective gasoline excise taxes. -
Research & Commentary: Florida Considering Block Grants for Medicaid
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses Medicaid funding and how block grants are a reform state legislators should consider to improve their funding and program flexibility. -
Roadmap for the 21st Century: Energy Deregulation
Publication -Policy Briefs -This paper -- the fifth in the Roadmap series -- describes the key role energy deregulation will play in launching an economic boom in the United States. -
Roadmap for the 21st Century: Monetary Policy
Publication -Policy Briefs -This paper -- the fourth in the Roadmap series -- lays out how the gold standard made America great … and why it is essential to making America great again. -
Frac Sand Mining Regulations
Publication -The Leaflet -Critics of frac sand mining claim it is a dangerous unregulated industry that harms the environment and is detrimental to public health. That myth is laid to rest in a recent Heartland Policy Study authored by Mark Krumenacher and Isaac Orr -
Research & Commentary: Maine Should Open Doors to Direct Primary Care
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses direct primary care and how it could help patients and physicians in Maine. -
Research Commentary: North Carolina Needs to Continue Reforming Welfare Programs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines possibilities for welfare reform in North Carolina. -
President-elect Trump’s Tax Plan
Publication -Policy Briefs -Dan Pilla – the author of 14 books and one of the nation’s leading experts on taxpayer rights and the Internal Revenue Service – unpacks the tax reform plan unveiled on the campaign trail by President-elect Donald Trump. -
Research & Commentary: Oregon Budget Should Not Rely on Sin Taxes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a major tax increase proposal in Oregon which includes several sin tax increases. -
Research & Commentary: Oregon Budget Should Not Rely on Sin Taxes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a major tax increase proposal in Oregon which includes several sin tax increases. -
Research & Commentary: State Pension Funds Should Lower Assumed Rate of Investment Return
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines pension reform and argues in favor of decreased rate-of-return assumptions for pension fund investments. -
Research & Commentary: Arizona Considers Flat Tax
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses the flat tax and Arizona's proposed tax reforms. -
Roadmap for the 21st Century: Introduction
Publication -Policy Briefs -The Roadmap for the 21st Century Project is a collaboration of free-market experts nationwide reflecting their views on the major public policy choices facing the nation, particularly those affecting economic growth and prosperity. -
Roadmap for the 21st Century: Budget and Tax
Publication -Policy Briefs -In other words, the economic policies adopted during the Obama years produced a sustained slower rate of economic growth that fundamentally transformed America into a nation on the path to becoming a third world country.
