MBTAAnalysis: A look inside the MBTA

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The MBTA shuttles over a million passengers a day around Greater…

The Clock is Ticking…….

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The clock is ticking towards December 30, 2017.  As part of…

Unemployment Insurance: A Drag on Employment?

Unemployment Insurance in Massachusetts: Burdening Businesses and Hurting Job Creation, a new Pioneer Policy Brief, presents convincing evidence that UI’s problems are serious, but solvable.

New Business Creation and The Urban Economy

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Author(s): John H. Friar — Publication date: 2008-02-28 Category:…

The Knock-on Effect of the Subprime Mess

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I attended the Finance Advisory Board meeting last week and one…

Stack em high

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What level of concentration of poverty is the right amount? Is…

46 years ago and still true

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Jane Jacobs was the maven of public input, but she is also in…

Who said this?

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Could, for instance, more services be privatized? Could state…

Maxing out the State Credit Card

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As noted in yesterday's post, the Commonwealth signaled its intention…

American Exceptionalism

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Joseph Stiglitz was spot on about the costs of the Iraq War.…

Science giveth and science taketh away

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The ethical controversy surrounding embryonic stem cells engendered…

Some ugly numbers on deficient bridges

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The Reason Foundation has posted up some data on the number of…

People v Place

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In the High Court of Common Sense, the people will always win.…

Murray’s Healthcare Moment

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The prospect for dynamic reform on Beacon Hill seemed slight…

Home of the Bean, the Cod, and the Free Glass of Tap Water

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As much of the Sun Belt dries up, we may have to revise our tally…

Not rocket science – competition works

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The Sunday Globe ran a great story on the dawn of a new industry…

Beware of Administrations Bearing Gifts

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Remember the pledge to put 1000 new police officers on the street? That…

DiMasi Rex

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Ready, AIM, fire! Call it what you want--line in the sand, declaration…

Who will train Portland to love transit?

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So, back to Randal O'Toole's Debunking Portland. Everyone would…

Savonarola still wrong: another lesson from the mortgage mess

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I lead with a fire-and-brimstone Renaissance preacher partly…

Portland is a City that Doesn’t Work?

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I walk to work, and I cannot for the life of me understand how…

A LOT of GBH tote bags

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I like "Sesame Street," as I don't think pre-school children…

A Big Wet Kiss for Racinos

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The Globe's Stan Grossfeld plants exactly that in today's Globe…

Do we know how to pick ’em?

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From the Worcester Telegram & Gazette: The Devens boom, an editorial…

Massachusetts and the Copernican Principle

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In rough terms, the Copernican Principle states that we should…

Quo Vadis?

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Ross Gittell in the New England Journal of Higher Education/Summer…

Counterintuitive Thoughts on Healthcare Costs

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Back in October, we released a paper on business costs in Massachusetts.…

Thoughts on housing and Middle Cities

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Housing is critical to the viability of Middle Cities, because…

Conventional Wisdom Confusion (plus a MS Word bonus)

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Organic is good. Walmart is bad. Right? So what happens when…

Will they return the money?

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Today's New York Times reports that the ethanol boom, among other…

Welcome Aboard the Massachusetts Business Cost Express!

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A hearty welcome to the New England Public Policy Center at the…

How to watch and listen to Gov. Patrick’s BGC address

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One of the highlights of last month's Better Government Competition…