November 15, 2017
By Baruch Feigenbaum In late September, the Eno Center for Transportation released “A Bid for Better Transit,” a report focused on improving transit service via contracted operations. I recommend reading […]
May 5, 2017
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 […]
October 19, 2015
Free speech is in danger; think tanks must create and protect conditions for open debate. By Joseph Lehman Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to declare its independence from brutal […]
May 14, 2015
Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute participates in a panel discussion on poverty with President Obama. Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute participated in a May 12, 2015 panel […]
October 7, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd I’m back after a month’s hiatus! If you missed the Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on September 19, you missed a […]
August 29, 2014
“In all the history of human suffering I know of … no accomplishment which in terms of magnitude and generosity can be compared to the relief that you have actually […]
June 6, 2014
It’s Friday! Quotes of Note “For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried […]
April 1, 2014
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd “Health Reform 2.0: The Great Debate”: Are you a member of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation? If so, it gets […]
February 4, 2014
By Joel Kotkin The stock market is high, real estate prices have resurged, even the unemployment rate is dropping, yet Americans still feel pretty down about the future. A survey released […]
January 17, 2014
January 17, 2014 It’s Friday! Events January 28, 2014: The deadline is Friday, January 24 to register for “School Choice and Georgia: An Update,” the Foundation’s 8 a.m. Leadership Breakfast […]
November 19, 2013
Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd November Is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month: Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory […]
July 30, 2013
Public-private partnerships have been slow to take off in the United States, but they hold many benefits. By Alex Roman Alternative project delivery, including public-private partnerships (PPPs); design-build; and design-build-operate-maintain, […]
June 7, 2013
Unfortunately, the evidence suggests that high-speed rail’s limited success in Europe and Asia is not transferrable to the United States. By Baruch Feigenbaum Discussions are resuming in the Southeast about […]
April 19, 2013
April 19, 2013 It’s Friday! Events April 23: Today is the deadline to register for, “Telehealth: Taking Health Care to The Next Level,” the Foundation’s next Leadership Breakfast, at 8 […]
March 27, 2013
By Dr. Jeffrey Grossman In 1900, one-third of the American labor force was committed to agricultural production. In 1950, food consumed at home was 22 percent of a household’s […]
March 15, 2013
It’s Friday! Events Today is the deadline to register for, “Morality and The Marketplace,” a Foundation Leadership Breakfast with keynote speaker Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute. […]
March 7, 2013
Imposing renewable energy upon Georgia’s taxpayers raises the cost of living, taking dollars out of citizens’ pockets that they could use to buy a newer, cleaner car, a better home, […]
November 30, 2012
A by-product of the government-run health care for Czechs is what could be considered a two-tier health care system. By Russ Lipari Marshall Memorial Fellows are a select group of […]
October 12, 2012
It’s Friday! Events Last chance! Today is the deadline to register for “A Portrait of The Iron Lady,” the Foundation’s noon Policy Briefing Luncheon and Book Forum on Tuesday, October […]
September 14, 2012
September 14, 2012 It’s Friday! The deadline is Monday to register for the third annual Georgia Legislative Policy Forum, which takes place on Friday, September 21, at the W Hotel […]
April 17, 2012
Health Policy Briefs: April 17, 2012 Compiled by Benita Dodd Show me the money: Georgia ranks 11th out of the top 20 states that have received funds distributed across the […]
February 10, 2012
It’s Friday! Events – February 22: Rod S. Martin, a founder of PayPal and education philanthropist, keynotes the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. Wednesday, February 22, at the Georgian Club. The […]
January 20, 2012
It’s Friday! – Monday is the deadline to register for, “Breaking Down Barriers to High Quality Education in Georgia,” the Foundation’s Leadership Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 25, to celebrate […]
January 17, 2012
Governor Nathan Deal opened three days of House-Senate appropriations hearings by taking exception to media reports that suggest his budget is a significant spending increase. Deal proposed a $19.2 million […]
June 3, 2011
It’s Friday! – Your donations to support the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s campaign for limited government, individual accountability and market-oriented solutions are life-changing for Georgians. Please help celebrate the 20th anniversary of […]
December 3, 2010
It’s Friday! – Today is the deadline to register for, “ABCs+D = The Virtual Success of Digital Learning,“ a Georgia Public Policy Foundation Policy Briefing Luncheon at noon on Tuesday, […]
September 8, 2010
By Robert A. Lawson and E. Frank Stephenson With a commission examining Georgia’s tax structure and the possibility of legislative action next year, one possible course of action is the […]
June 12, 2009
By H. Sterling Burnett and Ross Wingo About 82 percent of Americans receive drinking water via publicly owned water systems, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of […]
July 27, 2007
By Benita M. Dodd Any elected official who proposes raising gas taxes or fees to fund transportation infrastructure needs in Georgia is probably not planning on re-election. Yet every policy-maker […]
May 25, 2007
Understandably, men who don’t benefit from their hard work tend not to work very hard. By David Boaz Four hundred years ago this month 105 men and boys disembarked from […]
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