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American Citizenship, Opportunity
November 1, 2000

Government Effectiveness Index: A Cross-State Survey

Author: James Stergios, Director of Research, Pioneer Institute The central objective of the Government Effectiveness Index (GEI) is to assess how Massachusetts is doing in comparison to other states. It seeks to provide measures of effectiveness based on the efficient use of...
American Citizenship, Healthcare, Opportunity
June 1, 2000

An Economic History of Health Care in Massachusetts 1990-2000

Author: Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. This report examines the Massachusetts health care system during the tumultuous period from the late 1980s to the close of the 1990s. This timeframe begins with the attempt in 1988 to become the first state in the...
American Citizenship, Opportunity
November 1, 1999

Flawed Forecasts: A Critical Look at Convention Center Studies

Author : Heywood T. Sanders, Trinity University The analyses and forecasting presented in convention center feasibility studies rest in part on assumptions about future demand and supply of convention space at both the national and local levels, developed from data supplied by...
American Citizenship, Opportunity
October 1, 1999

The Cost of Inaction: Does Massachusetts Need Public Construction Reform?

Author: Douglas D. Gransberg, University of Oklahoma As debate continues over reform of public construction in Massachusetts, Douglas Gransberg, associate professor of construction science at the University of Oklahoma, offers two significant contributions: First, he has employed a vast collection of data...
American Citizenship, Opportunity
October 1, 1999

The Cost of Inaction: Does Massachusetts Need Public Construction Reform?

Author: Douglas D. Gransberg, University of Oklahoma As debate continues over reform of public construction in Massachusetts, Douglas Gransberg, associate professor of construction science at the University of Oklahoma, offers two significant contributions: First, he has employed a vast collection of data...
American Citizenship, Healthcare, Opportunity
February 1, 1999

Nonprofit to For-Profit Conversions in Health Care

Privatization is a term that has triggered passionate debate in recent years. Here in Massachusetts, a law to stop it has been enacted. What we are really debating, however, is not true privatization at all. Privatization implies a complete withdrawl of government...
American Citizenship
June 1, 1997

Public Profits from Private Contracts: A Case Study in Human Services

Privatization is a term that has triggered passionate debate in recent years. Here in Massachusetts, a law to stop it has been enacted. What we are really debating, however, is not true privatization at all. Privatization implies a complete withdrawl of government...
American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
June 1, 1997

Missing the Bus: The Fight to Contract Competitively for MBTA Bus Service

Public transit agencies across the nation are struggling to control costs without reducing service. One effective strategy used by a growing number of public transit agencies is to contract competitively for bus operations. Almost without exception, these agencies report that private bus...
American Citizenship
May 1, 1997

Challenging Convention(al) Wisdom: Hard Facts About the Proposed Boston

As the political leadership of Boston and the Commonwealth consider investing $700 million in a new publicly owned convention center in South Boston, plans are already in place to enlarge facilities in the nation’s capital and in San Francisco. Disccusions have also...