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AnalysisOnline, a service of The Communications Institute, is dedicated to providing objective, non-partisan analysis from many of the nation's leading academic and research institutions with a focus on economics, science, and engineering.
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July 2-
Do Doctors Need Government Help?
In the coming weeks, healthcare reform will turn to an idea called comparative effectiveness research, intended to make medicine more cost effective, reports the New York Times. There are critical policy issues at stake, AO explains.
June 30-
State Budgets: Fight to the Finish
Arizona’s shortfall – 30 percent of its budget – puts it at the top of states in dire straits with just hours until FY 2010 begins, reports the Los Angeles Times. Budget problems will be far from over, even if the deadline is met, AO notes.
June 29-
The Future of the 401(k)
The wildly popular 401(k) private pension plan may undergo some post-recession changes, reports U.S. News & World Report. Meanwhile, AO looks at renewed talk of government asserting itself more strongly in this arena.
June 26-
Cap-and-trade: Impact on GDP, Business Risk
President Obama dismisses claims about the economic impacts of the cap-and-trade legislation (Waxman-Markey bill) heading for a vote in the House, reports the Los Angeles Times.
June 24-
HR 2454 Cap and Trade: Consumer Costs Up, Emitters Buy Time
Last minute deals and a rush to a House floor vote mark the push for cap and trade legislation, reports TheHill.com. AO finds consumers can expect to pay higher electric bills, and see only nominal carbon reductions.
June 23-
Construction Vital to Economic Recovery
Existing housing sales were up in May for a second consecutive month, but one third of activity was due to foreclosures and short sales, reports the Wall Street Journal. Construction activity may tell the bigger story.
The December forum "Immigration: Confronting the Challenges in Arizona"
ASU's Dr. Marjorie Baldwin Looks at Rising Healthcare Costs
Bradford Kirkman-Liff of ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business on the Prognosis for Healthcare Reform
Dawn McLaren, at ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business, on Illegal Immigration
Dr. Tim Considine of
Penn State University
on Energy Technologies
Dr. Robert Brook
Director of RAND Health
on Health Care in America
University of Arizona's Dr. Price Fishback
on Social Security and the U.S. Economy
Harvard University's
Dr. Joseph Kalt
on Economics
Harvard University's
Dr. Henry Lee
on the Dimensions of the Energy Problem
Caltech's Dr. Nate Lewis on Energy
2006 Program Overview
Arizona Daily Star Presentation
Sealing our Border: Why It Won't Work
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Energy & America
A special edition educational DVD featuring top experts from the June 15 National Energy Symposium. Learn about the future of the world's energy resources from Caltech Professor Nathan S. Lewis and Harvard professors Henry Lee and Joseph P. Kalt. Click here to purchase.
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INSTITUTE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
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A Project of the Thomas R. Brown Foundation
The Communications Institute
" Objective analysis of the Economic-Fiscal Issues in Arizona"
Check out Governing Arizona at www.governingarizona.org. This is the first economic/state public policy project launched by the Institute and is made possible through the Thomas R. Brown Foundations.
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Immigration and the Economy
Immigration has a direct relationship to the economy. Despite costs of illiegal immigrants, they are also a direct cotnributor to the economy. The Arizona Republic
presents a new column on this section from the author of the TCI-Thomas R. Browns Foundations study on Immigration and the Economy.
Read the report
Read the Arizona Republic Column
Part of the Governing Arizona Project
WWW.NEWDEAL2.NET has been launched which features background information on the new deal in context with the nation's current economic crisis. It features the work of many of the nation's leading experts on economic history.
RECENT TCI PROGRAMS
 2009 - Arizona State Capitol
Featuring: Joseph P. Kalt, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University
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December 11, 2008 - Arizona State University Phoenix Campus • The Mercado
Click here for a copy of Dr. Judith Gans' research
Sponsors:
Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business
University of Arizona - Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Thomas R. Brown Foundations
The Communications Institute
Click here for a PDF of the report 'Arizona's Economy and The Legal Arizona Workers Act.'
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SNA-TCI/AO Briefing for Journalists
SNA-TCI/AO is dedicated to helping journalists expand their knowledge of critical issues.
TCI was delighted to host Dr. Stephen Happel, Professor of Economics at the W. P. Carey School of Economics at Arizona State University, as the featured speaker at the most recent SNA/AnalysisOnline Media Briefing. The topic was how to better understand and communicate the reality of the economic crisis. A recording of the webinar is now available on the SNA website for download, along with the handouts provided by Dr. Happel. The recording is free to replay or share with your colleagues and can be accessed by clicking here.
Note to Mac users: To view WMV video files you may need to download one of the applications provided on the page.
Click here for information on 'Covering the Economic Crisis.'
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November 17, 2008 – Arizona State University
Tempe Campus, Memorial Union
Sponsors:
Arizona State University · Arizona Investment Council
Thomas R. Brown Foundations · The Communications Institute
County Supervisors Association of Arizona
League of Arizona Cities and Towns
Arizona Capitol Times · Arizona Daily Star · Arizona Republic
Click here for a copy of the final report.
FEATURED SPEAKER:
Norman Mineta
Former United States Secretary of
Transportation under President George W. Bush
and United States Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton
Click here
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Institute Energy Programs
Report:
Confronting the Energy Needs of the Nation:
An Honest Assessment
 June 11, 2008
While this TCI study (Powering Arizona: Choices & Trade-Offs for Electricity Policy), cosponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, focuses on energy supply and demand in Arizona, it provides an outline for the direction of a national energy policy. The study provides valuable perspectives on energy for other states and the nation as a whole. The research staff includes top scholars from Penn State University and Arizona State University with world energy experience. An overview is available on our website, AnalysisOnline.
Many states are now evaluating their energy needs. Click here for details.
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Community Forum:
Decision at the Crossroads
March 14, 2008
ponsors:
Arizona Daily Star
Thomas R. Brown Foundations
University of Arizona
The Communications Institute
With the agenda including insights from three national experts, a forum on growth at the University of Arizona Tucson campus brought together planners, environmentalists, economists, and state officials to begin determining strategies to lead Tucson and its projected population growth of 500,000 or more into the middle of the century (according to the EBRC Economic Outlook, 2008-2009.) The forum drew a crowd of 600 on the heels of an Arizona growth survey conducted by the Arizona Daily Star.
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