February 14, 2008
Human Trafficking Reauthorization Would Undermine Existing Anti-Trafficking Efforts and Constitutional Federalism
By Brian W. Walsh and Andrew M. Grossman
(Legal Memorandum #21)
The current version of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act would undermine accountability by inviting officials at all levels of government to "pass ...
October 16, 2007
Washington Metro Needs Reform, Not a Federal Bailout
By Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1665)
Congress should link the continuation of existing federal subsidies to management and labor reforms at the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority.
June 6, 2007
Executive Summary: Gang Crime: Effective and Constitutional Policies to Stop Violent Gangs
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Erica Little
(Executive Summary #LM20)
Executive Summary: To address gang-related crime appropriately, the national government should adhere to federalist principles and limit itself to tasks that are within its constitutionally ...
June 6, 2007
Gang Crime: Effective and Constitutional Policies to Stop Violent Gangs
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Erica Little
(Legal Memorandum #20)
To address gang-related crime appropriately, the national government should adhere to federalist principles and limit itself to tasks that are within its constitutionally designed sphere ...
September 28, 2005
After Weeks of Confusion, the Right Course for Evacuee Housing Assistance
By Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #866)
Yes to vouchers, no to remote and isolated trailer parks.
March 21, 2005
North American Transnational Youth Gangs: Breaking the Chain of Violence
By Stephen Johnson and David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1834)
Policymakers can help to stabilize gang neighborhoods through migration reforms, by denying time and space to delinquent activities, and by increasing coordination between law enforcement ...
March 21, 2005
Executive Summary: North American Transnational Youth Gangs: Breaking the Chain of Violence
By Stephen Johnson and David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1834)
Policymakers can help to stabilize gang neighborhoods through migration reforms, by denying time and space to delinquent activities, and by increasing coordination between law enforcement ...
January 27, 2004
Executive Summary: The Contribution of Highways and Transit to Congestion Relief: A Realistic View
By Wendell Cox and Randal O'Toole
(Executive Summary #1721)
Executive Summary:Overall, transit has little chance of reducing congestion in urban areas. Spending large sums of money to get a few drivers out of their ...
January 27, 2004
The Contribution of Highways and Transit to Congestion Relief: A Realistic View
By Wendell Cox and Randal O'Toole
(Backgrounder #1721)
Overall, transit has little chance of reducing congestion in urban areas. Spending large sums of money to get a few drivers out of their cars ...
September 10, 2003
Transit Advocates Want the Working Poor to Use Bikes and Buses, Not Cars
By Wendell Cox and Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1687)
The federal transportation program has suffered from an advanced case of mission creep over the past several decades and now spends tens of billions of ...
September 5, 2002
Census Shows Commuters are Rejecting Transit
By Ronald D. Utt and Wendell Cox
(Executive Memorandum #832)
Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that over the past decade, 39 of the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas experienced a decline in ...
June 28, 2002
AmeriCorps: Still a Bad Idea for Citizen Service
By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D. and Krista Kafer
(Backgrounder #1564)
Just when terrible events have revived the national spirit and refocused Americans on the importance of family, friends, and faith, it would be wrong to ...
August 8, 2000
Turning a Dangerous City into a Safe One
By Edward F. Davis III
(Heritage Lecture #681)
A balance of good, strong police enforcement with effective prevention is the key to economic development. Building trust in the community will flow from this ...
August 1, 2000
Competition, Not Monopolies, Can Improve Public Transit
By Wendell Cox
(Backgrounder #1389)
Despite significant infusions of public funding, transit has made virtually no progress in reducing traffic congestion.
August 1, 2000
Competition, Not Monopolies Can Improve Public Transit
By Wendell Cox
(Executive Summary #1389)
Competition, Not Monopolies Can Improve Public Transit
March 18, 1999
The President's New Sprawl Initiative: A Program in Search of a Problem
By Wendell Cox
(Backgrounder #1263)
For decades, American urban areas have grown in land area much more than they have grown in population.
March 18, 1999
The President's New Sprawl Initiative: A Program in Search of a Problem
By Wendell Cox
(Executive Summary #1263es)
The President's New Sprawl Initiative: A Program in Search of a Problem
October 2, 1998
Cities in Denial: The False Promise of Subsidized Tourist and Entertainment Complexes
By Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1223)
The question of whether to subsidize a professional sports facility is a contentious one wherever raised.
October 2, 1998
Cities in Denial: The False Promise of Subsidized Tourist and Entertainment Complexes
By Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1223)
BG1223es: Cities in Denial: The False Promise of Subsidized Tourist and Entertainment Complexes
September 1, 1998
What to Do About the Cities
By Dr. Ronald D. Utt
(Executive Summary #1216)
BG1216es: What to Do About the Cities
September 1, 1998
What to Do About the Cities
By Dr. Ronald D. Utt
(Backgrounder #1216)
After four or five decades of failure, it is time for government to get out of the way and give urban citizens free rein in ...
July 20, 1998
Rebuilding Broken Communities: Can Government and Free Markets Work Together?
By The Honorable Thomas Ridge, Henry Olson, and Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #623)
For the past 60 years we let the liberals run the cities, and the result has been disaster
June 29, 1998
Saving the City: An Agenda for Urban America
By Adam Meyerson, Stephen Goldsmith, and Saul Ramirez, Jr.
(Heritage Lecture #617)
Historically, cities have been centers of education and knowledge.
March 26, 1998
Why Highway Demonstration Projects Should Not Penalize States
By Dr. Ronald D. Utt, and Geoffrey Freeman
(Executive Memorandum #516)
The House should reject efforts to include Washington, D.C.-mandated demonstration projects in the BESTEA (H.R. 2400) bill and instead allow each state to use its ...
March 9, 1998
HUD Wants Federal Housing Administration to Offer More Corporate Welfare
By Dr. Ronald D. Utt
(Executive Memorandum #512)
Congress should reject HUD's scheme to extend corporate welfare to a privileged few financiers at the expense of private mortgage insurers and the FHA's own ...
June 30, 1997
Why Catholic Schools Spell Success For America's Inner-City Children
By Nina H. Shokraii
(Backgrounder #1128)
Congress has the opportunity, over the next year, to give tens of thousands of America's most disadvantaged children a much brighter future.
May 6, 1996
Time for a Bipartisan Reform of Public Housing
By Dr. Ronald D. Utt
(Backgrounder #1081)
HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros's bold plan to introduce the benefits of market competition into the troubled public housing industry has been stymied in Congress by ...
October 12, 1995
Behind the Census Bureau's Good News on Poverty
By Patrick F. Fagan
(Executive Memorandum #431)
If the number of people in poverty is to go down, we need to look behind the Census Bureau data to understand what really has ...
January 27, 1995
Time for HUD to Help People, Not the Housing Industry
By Dr. Ronald D. Utt
(Executive Memorandum #401)
All parties should recognize the extent to which existing HUD policy and the three-decade legacy of failed reforms have been driven by the business and ...
May 11, 1993
The Clinton Administration's Sham Enterprise Zone Proposal
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.
(Executive Memorandum #355)
The Clinton Administration last week sent legislation to Capitol Hill to create federal enterprise zones in depressed inner-city and rural communities.
July 31, 1992
A U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Igniting Economic Prosperity in the Americas
By Michael G. Wilson
(Backgrounder #909)
If the Bush Administration does not take advantage of the current pro-free market and pro-democracy mood in the region, Latin American countries could grow increasingly ...
July 27, 1992
How the Senate Should Strengthen the Enterprise Zone Bill
By Horowitz, Carl F.
(Executive Memorandum #337)
June 9, 1992
How to Create a Successful Enterprise Zone Program
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Executive Memorandum #334)
March 25, 1991
An Empowerment Strategy For Eliminating Neighborhood Crime
By Carl F. Horowitz, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #814)
A common and false allegation about urban life in America is that conditions in poor neighborhoods "force" residents into a life of crime.
October 1, 1989
How to Design Effective Enterprise Zone Legislation
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Heritage Lecture #215)
November 19, 1982
Enterprise Zone Update
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Issue Bulletin #89)
March 29, 1982
The Enterprise Zone Tax Act of 1982: The Administration's Plan
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Issue Bulletin #80)
July 16, 1981
Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act of 1981 (S.1310 -H.R.3824)
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Issue Bulletin #68)
July 10, 1980
The Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act (H.R.7563 -S.2823)
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Issue Bulletin #62)
February 20, 1979
Enterprise Zones: A Solution to the Urban Crisis?
By Butler, Stuart M.
(International Briefing #3)
April 17, 2008