Topic: Australia

March 20, 2025 • Commentary

Justice for sale: How third-party litigation funding skews the legal system

By Kyle Wingfield

Third-party litigation funding turns lawsuits into profit schemes, raising concerns over justice, transparency and foreign influence in our courts.

January 29, 2025 • Blog

‘Not allowed to know who is funding the lawsuit’

By Chris Butler

How a new legal scheme threatens Georgia's economy and even national security.

July 10, 2024 • Commentary

Congress should increase oversight on runaway bureaucrats

By Kyle Wingfield

Estimates put the cost of regulations on American businesses at $2 to $3 trillion.

September 24, 2021 • Commentary

Economic Freedom: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

COVID-19’s impact is not yet evident in the 2021 “Economic Freedom of the World” report by Canada’s Fraser Institute published September 14.

July 8, 2021 • Blog

Have Tolls, Will Travel

When it comes to transportation policy in Georgia, good – or at least, better – things often come to those who wait. A decade ago, regional T-SPLOST referendums were pitched […]

December 8, 2020 • Blog

Transportation Tuesday: December 8, 2020

Transportation Tuesday is the newest in a series of Georgia Public Policy Foundation policy briefs. Others are Medical Monday’s Checking Up On Health and Tax and Spend Tuesday. The Transportation Tuesday post of […]

May 29, 2020

Friday Facts: May 29, 2020

It’s Friday! This is Week 11 of the Friday Facts’ focus on the coronavirus pandemic across the nation and in Georgia. View previous editions here. View the Foundation’s near-term proposals […]

January 10, 2020

Friday Facts: January 10, 2020

It’s Friday! January 28: We’re just 18 days away from the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 29th Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner on January 28! Join us in the Egyptian […]

December 13, 2019

Friday Facts: December 13, 2019

It’s Friday! News and events January 28, 2020: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation celebrates 29 years of policy over politics with an Anniversary Celebration and Freedom Award Dinner in the […]

October 18, 2019

Friday Facts: October 18, 2019

It’s Friday! Events November 15: The agenda is online for the 2019 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which features nearly two dozen policy experts and leaders on issues affecting Georgia: education, […]

January 4, 2019

Friday Facts: January 4, 2018

It’s Friday! Events January 22: “National School Choice Week: A Capitol Choice,” a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon on Tuesday, January 22. The event is in the Empire Room, 20th floor, Sloppy […]

May 18, 2018

Friday Facts: May 18, 2018

It’s Friday! MONDAY IS THE DEADLINE: Seats are filling fast; register NOW to reserve your spot at “Telling the Human Story,” the May 23 Leadership Breakfast keynoted by Arthur Brooks, […]

March 16, 2018

Friday Facts: March 16, 2018

It’s Friday! Quotes of note “A market that’s driven by subsidies rather than by economics always fails. Subsidy begets subsidy until the system collapses into absurdity. In Australia’s case, having […]

November 10, 2017

Despite the Hype, Changes in Sea Level Turn on a Dime

Anybody paying attention to 2017’s hurricanes and, even more recently, the Paris Agreement, is aware that political posturing amplifies how complicated and controversial is the science of climate change and, […]

May 5, 2017

Global Brightening and Hazy Predictions

By Harold Brown Global warming, simplified: Burning fossil fuels generates carbon dioxide into the air, trapping energy radiated from the globe. The earth is made warmer because this energy is […]

May 11, 2016

Do Governments Underplay Buses, Favor Rail?

Give buses a chance. In an editorial below from Transportation Reviews that was published online in March 2016, author David A. Hensher opines on, “Why is Light Rail Starting to Dominate […]

November 20, 2015

This Thanksgiving, Call Us ‘Thank Tanks’

Hundreds of liberty-minded activists from around the world were gathered for the Atlas Network’s Liberty Forum. By Benita M. Dodd As terrorists were detonating deadly bombs in Beirut, hundreds of […]

November 17, 2015

Public Transport’s Biggest Problem: The Public (That’s Us)

Social and economic change to the nature of work is changing the shape of employment decisions and the commute. By Ross Elliott When’s the last time you heard some futurist or […]

September 18, 2015

Friday Facts: September 18, 2015

It’s Friday! Events October 15: The countdown has begun to the Sixth Annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly on Thursday, October 15. In less than a […]

September 9, 2015

Top 10 Global Warming Lies

An extensively footnoted response addresses 10 “alarmist assertions” made by the Environmental Defense Fund. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) raises money by scaring Americans about global warming., including in its latest […]

July 22, 2015

Dodd-Frank’s Dire Legacy: Durbin Amendment

Poor bank customers have been hit hard, with a million people forced out of the banking system as a result of increased fees. By Iain Murray This week was the […]

August 1, 2014

GPPF Friday Facts: August 1, 2014

It’s Friday! Events September 19: Registration is open for the 2014 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum. The theme this year is, “Tearing Down Walls,” in recognition of this year’s 25th anniversary […]

July 29, 2014

Video: EPA Carbon Regulations ‘Bad for Georgia,’ Says Foundation President

For decades, American ingenuity has allowed us to keep up with growing energy demands and REDUCE pollution at the same time. NEWS RELEASE July 29, 2014 Contact Benita Dodd at […]

May 8, 2014

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Publishes our Op-Ed on Trade Authority

This op-ed appeared in May 7, 2014 edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Free trade agreements benefit Ga. job creators By Benita Dodd Georgia businesses have just broken their own record. […]

April 15, 2014

Atlanta Business Chronicle Quotes Foundation on Streetcar

The Atlanta Business Chronicle of April 13 quoted Foundation Vice President Benita Dodd in an “Atlanta awaits new streetcar,” an article on the Atlanta Streetcar. By H.M. Cauley At age […]

March 18, 2014

Checking Up On Health: March 18, 2014

Health Care Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd ObamaCare Why no Medicaid expansion for Georgia? Just the expansion of Medicaid would cost Georgia an additional $2.5 billion […]

January 31, 2014

Friday Facts: January 31, 2014

It’s Friday! Timing is everything: Jan. 26-Feb.1 is National School Choice Week. The Foundation hosted an informative panel discussion, “School Choice and Georgia: An Update,” Tuesday morning. Unfortunately, snow and related […]

January 3, 2014

Friday Facts: January 3, 2014

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier.’” – Alfred Lord Tennyson “Sometimes we are content to try […]

September 20, 2013

Friday Facts: September 20, 2013

It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” – Friedrich von […]

April 30, 2013

Checking Up On Health: April 30, 2013

Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Hospital care spending: Georgia is second only to Utah in a ranking of the states with the lowest hospital care […]

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