Backgrounder Update posted January 27, 1989 by James L. Gattuso, Dana Joel
Only Structural Reform Can Solve the Long-Term Savings and Loan Crisis
(Archived document, may contain errors) 1/27/89 92 ONLY STRUCTURAL REFORM CAN SOLVE THE LONG-TERM SAVINGS AND LOAN CRISIS (Updating Issue Bulletin No. 126, "Confronting the Savings and Loan Industry Crisis," August 13, 1986.) One of the first and most difficult problems facing George Bush is the savings and loan crisis. Pressure is mounting for a taxpayer bailout of…
Backgrounder posted May 24, 1988 by Dana Joel
A Guide to Prison Privatization
INTRODUCTION
America has been getting tougher on lawbreakers. This is
something that the public long has been demanding. The problem it
creates, however, is a shortage of prison capacity to hold the
increased numbers of convicted criminals. This has led to: prison
overcrowding, sometimes prompting court actions against penal
systems; rapidly rising operational…