Publications
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No. 70 The Misuse of Science in Environmental Management
Publication -Policy Studies -1. Misuse of science is a widely recognized problem. The misuse of science is not a new problem, nor has it escaped the attention of others. -
No. 70 The Misuse of Science in Environmental Management
Publication -Policy Studies -1. Misuse of science is a widely recognized problem. The misuse of science is not a new problem, nor has it escaped the attention of others. -
No. 70 The Misuse of Science in Environmental Management
Publication -Policy Studies -1. Misuse of science is a widely recognized problem. The misuse of science is not a new problem, nor has it escaped the attention of others. -
No. 69 Taking Aim at Gun Control
Publication -Policy Studies -It is commonly estimated that more than 20,000 federal, state, and local firearms laws are on the books in this country, and more are being written all the time. There is little evidence that these laws have restrained crime. -
No. 68 Making Schools Work: Spending and Student Achievement
Publication -Policy Studies -A review of the history of education spending and student achievement in the United States between 1890 and 1990 reveals the following trends and lessons: 1. Real spending on public education in the U.S. is rising rapidly. 2. -
The Effect of New Jersey’s Minimum Wage Increase on Fast-food Employment: a Re-evaluation Using Payroll Records
Publication -Policy Studies -In 1995, University of California-Irvine economics professor David Neumark and Federal Reserve governor William Wascher analyzed payroll records of fast-food restaurants in New Jersey counties and neighboring counties across the state line with -
The Effect of New Jersey’s Minimum Wage Increase on Fast-food Employment: a Re-evaluation Using Payroll Records
Publication -Policy Studies -In 1995, University of California-Irvine economics professor David Neumark and Federal Reserve governor William Wascher analyzed payroll records of fast-food restaurants in New Jersey counties and neighboring counties across the state line with -
Hard Choices: Environmentalists and the Forests
Publication -Policy Studies -More than twenty years ago, I was one of a dozen or so activists who founded Greenpeace in the basement of the Unitarian Church in Vancouver. -
No. 64 Chicago School Reform: First Annual Evaluation
Publication -Policy Studies -On July 1, 1988 - the final day of that year's legislative session- the Illinois General Assembly passed school reform legislation touted by many as "far-reaching" and "nothing less than a blueprint for revolution. -
No. 63 How To Win Illinois’ Battle Of The Budget
Publication -Policy Studies -In January 1995, Illinois' Bureau of the Budget is expected to announce that revenues for the current fiscal year will fall approximeately 3 percent short of spending, producing a "budget gap"of between $1 and $1.5 billion. -
No. 62 Stadiums, Professional Sports, and Economic Development: Assessing The Reality
Publication -Policy Studies -About one century ago, professional sports became prominent in American public life. During its early yeras, the business of sports was primarily a private undertaking, financed with private money and played in private stadiums and arenas. -
No. 56 Entrepreneurial Independent Contractors vs. The State
Publication -Policy Studies -Entrepreneurship, independence, risk-taking, and freedom of contract were essential to America's development as the world's greatest economic power. Unfortunately, America appears to have lost its entrepreneurial "edge," and our economy shows it. -
No. 56 Entrepreneurial Independent Contractors vs. The State
Publication -Policy Studies -Entrepreneurship, independence, risk-taking, and freedom of contract were essential to America's development as the world's greatest economic power. Unfortunately, America appears to have lost its entrepreneurial "edge," and our economy shows it. -
No. 54 The Killing Can Be Stopped
Publication -Policy Studies -In 1992, the city of Chicago was reeling from the shooting death of Dantrell Davis, a 7-year-old boy caught in the crossfire of gangs battling for control of the city's notorious Cabrini Green public housing project. -
No. 34 Partisan Gerrymandering: Harms and a New Solution
Publication -Policy Studies -In Part I of this Heartland Policy Study, the authors describe gerrymandering as a real, not illusory, danger to democratic practice -- the moral equivalent of stealing elections. -
No. 34 Partisan Gerrymandering: Harms and a New Solution
Publication -Policy Studies -In Part I of this Heartland Policy Study, the authors describe gerrymandering as a real, not illusory, danger to democratic practice -- the moral equivalent of stealing elections. -
No. 33 Should Governments Own Convention Centers?
Publication -Policy Studies -Taxpayer-financed convention centers have become increasingly popular with state and local government officials. Centers have been built or planned in most large cities and in many metropolitan suburbs and small cities and towns. -
No. 33 Should Governments Own Convention Centers? (summary html)
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick LinksPolicy Study (HTML)Policy Study (pdf)1. Government-subsidized convention centers are chronic money losers.Convention centers have become increasingly popular "investments" of state and local tax dollars. -
No. 32 Sports Stadiums As “Wise Investments”: An Evaluation
Publication -Policy Studies -By opening Union Grounds in Brooklyn on May 15, 1862, William Cammeyer established himself as the inventtor of the enclosed ball park-- the country's first baseball "stadium. -
No. 31 Spending And Student Achievement In Illinos
Publication -Policy Studies -The level at which taxpayers in the United Stes fund public education is the subject of intense debate. State ans local taxpayers are being promised better public school in exchange for their approval of tax increases. -
No. 30 Mass Transit in the Midwest: Spending and Competitive Contracting
Publication -Policy Studies -Mass transit is a public service that is available in most of the urbanized areas of the United States. It is financially maintained by federal, state, and local taxpayers-- the vast majority of whom never use the service. -
No. 29 Deregulation Of Intrastate Trucking: Policy Implications For Michigan
Publication -Policy Studies -The state of Michigan has regulated its intrastate motor carrier industry since the early days of commerial trucking in 1923. This regulation has been administered by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) since its creation in 1933. -
No. 28 Safety, Service, and Stability: Interstate Banking for the Midwest and Beyond
Publication -Policy Studies -One of the most notable features of the economic landscape of the 1980s has been the erosion of the American financial system. Between 1980 and 1984 alone, more than 510 saving and loans and almost 190 commercial banks failed across the country. -
No. 27 An Enterpreneurial Approach to Science Education
Publication -Policy Studies -There is a profound crisis in America public education. This crisis is widespread and affects all regions of the country and all aspects of education.