Keeping a Campaign Promise: George W. Bush and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (Epilogue)

Publication Date: October 03, 2007

In January 2003, President George W. Bush was finalizing a groundbreaking proposal for Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly. Under the terms of the plan, Medicare would offer a major new benefit: prescription drug...

Keeping a Campaign Promise: George W. Bush and Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage

Publication Date: October 03, 2007

In January 2003, President George W. Bush was finalizing a groundbreaking proposal for Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly. Under the terms of the plan, Medicare would offer a major new benefit: prescription drug...

Parking in San Francisco

Publication Date: August 31, 2007

In 2006 planners in the City and County of San Francisco were promoting an overhaul of the city's parking policy that they claimed would correct unfair and unwise subsidies for automobile users.  The effort was designed to allow market...

Leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike

Publication Date: August 31, 2007

In June 2007, the governor of Pennsylvania was negotiating with the states legislative leaders about his proposal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike to private investors. Leasing public highways to private companies was unheard of in the United...

Food Fight: The US, Europe, and Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef (Abridged)

Publication Date: August 31, 2007

Those familiar with transatlantic trade relations are well aware of the longstanding US-EU dispute over trade in beef. This note traces the history of the quarrel, beginning with the introduction of the use of growth-promoting hormones for...

Fast Track Derailed: The 1997 Attempt to Renew Fast Track Legislation (Abridged)

Publication Date: August 31, 2007

In the United States, the president has the Constitutional authority to negotiate international trade agreements. But the Congress has the ultimate authority over trade. This arrangement blunts the negotiating power of the United States in trade...

Wal-Mart's Response to Hurricane Katrina: Striving for a Public-Private Partnership (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 28, 2007

As Hurricane Katrina roared towards the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts on August 28, 2005, the public sector--ranging from local law enforcement to the Federal Emergency Management Agency--feverishly prepared for what was expected to be a...

Wal-Mart's Response to Hurricane Katrina: Striving for a Public-Private Partnership

Publication Date: August 28, 2007

As Hurricane Katrina roared towards the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts on August 28, 2005, the public sector--ranging from local law enforcement to the Federal Emergency Management Agency--feverishly prepared for what was expected to be a...

Making the Case for Supportive Housing: Homelessness Research and Policies in New York City (B)

Publication Date: August 16, 2007

In the late 1990s, Dennis Culhane, a professor and social science researcher, launched a groundbreaking study of homelessness in New York City. Culhane set out to measure the services used by a large group of severely mentally ill homeless, and...

Making the Case for Supportive Housing: Homelessness Research and Policies in New York City (A)

Publication Date: August 16, 2007

In the late 1990s, Dennis Culhane, a professor and social science researcher, launched a groundbreaking study of homelessness in New York City. Culhane set out to measure the services used by a large group of severely mentally ill homeless, and...

Linda Gibbs and the Department of Homeless Services: Overhauling New York City's Approach to Shelter

Publication Date: August 16, 2007

In January 2002, newly elected New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Linda Gibbs as commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). Gibbs had already earned a reputation as a results-oriented manager who could broker deals...

LA Philharmonic and Walt Disney Concert Hall: Sustaining the Vision (B)

Publication Date: June 19, 2007

At the turn of the 21st century, the Los Angeles Philharmonic should have been a more successful orchestra than it was. Its fortunes had slipped sadly since the heyday of the 1980s. Ticket sales were off, and it faced a deficit of some $7...