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Independent Policy Reports examine specific economic and political issues and are written by Independent Institute Fellows and provide in-depth, yet accessible, overviews of key and timely public policy issues and offer realistic solutions.
Caltrans Wins California Golden Fleece® Award for Its $10 Billion Highway Robbery
Hayeon Carol Park  ·  August 22, 2016
Cross-Currents in California Water
A Case Study of Bureaucracy Versus Tradable, Private Water Rights
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  July 18, 2016
California’s High-Speed Rail Authority Wins Dishonor of the California Golden Fleece® Award
Lawrence J. McQuillan, Hayeon Carol Park  ·  April 13, 2016
Healthcare Solutions for Post-Obamacare America
John C. Goodman  ·  November 17, 2014
Prison Break
A New Approach to Public Cost and Safety
Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim  ·  June 30, 2014
Broken Borders
Government, Foreign-Born Workers, and the U.S. Economy
Benjamin Powell, Zachary Gochenour  ·  September 16, 2013
The Medicare Spending Program
Craig Eyermann  ·  November 30, 2012
What Price War?
Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Costs of Conflict
Anthony Gregory  ·  May 31, 2011
Failure to Provide
Healthcare at the Veterans Administration
Ronald Hamowy  ·  March 18, 2010
Medical Disasters and the Growth of the FDA
Ronald Hamowy  ·  February 10, 2010
Insurance Regulation in the United States and the European Union
A Comparison
Robert W. Klein, Martin Eling, Joan T. Schmit  ·  November 5, 2009
Watery Marauders
How the Federal Government Obstructed the Development of Private Flood Insurance
Eli Lehrer  ·  October 19, 2009
Credit-Based Scoring in Insurance Markets
Lawrence S. Powell  ·  October 1, 2009
Alternative Frameworks for Insurance Regulation in the United States
Martin F. Grace, Robert W. Klein  ·  September 14, 2009
Catastrophes and Performance in Property Insurance
A Comparison of Personal and Commercial Lines
Patricia H. Born, Barbara Klimaszewski-Blettner  ·  September 2, 2009
Anatomy of a Train Wreck
Causes of the Mortgage Meltdown
Stan J. Liebowitz  ·  October 3, 2008
Our Own Strength Against Us
The War on Terror as a Self-Inflicted Disaster
Ian S. Lustick  ·  April 4, 2008
Below-Market Housing Mandates as Takings
Measuring their Impact
Edward J. López, Edward P. Stringham, Thomas Means  ·  November 9, 2007
A Diplomatic Road to Damascus
The Benefits of U.S. Engagement with Syria
Leon T. Hadar  ·  October 1, 2007
Do We Need to Go to War for Oil?
David R. Henderson  ·  September 1, 2007
Nuclear Nonproliferation in the Post-9/11 World
Charles V. Peña  ·  June 12, 2007
Budgeting for Empire
The Effect of Iraq and Afghanistan on Military Forces, Budgets, and Plans
David Isenberg  ·  January 30, 2007
Congress, the Defense Budget, and Pork
A Snout-to-Tail Description of Congress’ Foremost Concern in National Security Legislation
Winslow T. Wheeler  ·  August 21, 2006
The Planning Penalty
How Smart Growth Makes Housing Unaffordable
Randal O’Toole  ·  May 12, 2006
Is Future Conflict with China Avoidable?
Ivan Eland  ·  January 20, 2006


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