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Executive Summaries

Independent Executive Summaries examine specific economic and social problems and are written by Independent fellows. Each Executive Summary provides an easy-to-read overview of a key and timely, public-policy issue and provides clear solutions, and are free to download.
Beyond Homeless
Policy Solutions for the Bay Area and Beyond
Mary L. G. Theroux, Adam B. Summers, Lawrence J. McQuillan, Hovannes Abramyan, Jonathan Hofer, Scott Beyer  ·  December 15, 2021
COVID in California
How Government Regulations Created Critical Healthcare Shortages—Permanent Pateint-Centered Reforms Needed
Lawrence J. McQuillan, Jonathan Hofer, Douglas E. Koehler  ·  April 27, 2021
Does Government “Stimulus” Really Stimulate?
R. David Ranson  ·  March 30, 2021
Fixing California’s Government Technology Failures
Summary of Findings and Recommendations from the California Golden Fleece® Award
Adam B. Summers  ·  September 17, 2020
Why a Pandemic Is Not a Recession
R. David Ranson  ·  April 8, 2020
Solving California’s Housing Affordability Crisis
Summary of Findings and Recommendations from the California Golden Fleece® Award
Lawrence J. McQuillan  ·  January 8, 2020
Returning Education to the Schools and Parents
Vicki E. Alger  ·  April 25, 2017
Liquidating Federal Assets
A Promising Tool for Ending the U.S. Debt Crisis
William F. Shughart II, Carl P. Close  ·  March 6, 2017
Five Ways Trump Can Improve Environmental Policy
Ryan M. Yonk  ·  February 20, 2017
Replacing Obamacare and Insuring the Uninsured
John C. Goodman, Pete Sessions, Bill Cassidy  ·  February 13, 2017


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