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Title	Author	Subject	DocType
PERS to Determine Oregon's Future	Steve Buckstein	PERS reform	Commentary
Helping Poor Help Themselves	John Blundell	Property rights and independence	Commentary
How to stabilize Oregon tax revenue	Michael L. Barton, Ph.D.	Oregon taxes	Commentary
Keep Oregon's quality of life, without new taxes	Geoffrey F. Segal	Oregon state budget and spending	Commentary
Halfway There: Measure 5 and the Road Ahead	Jamie Voytko	Measure 5	Insight
Oregon tax reformers put cart before horse	Jason Mercier and Marsha Richards	Tax reform in Oregon	Commentary
An ounce of budget reform leadership	Jason Mercier	State spending	Commentary
Disasters are no excuse for price controls	Jacob G. Hornberger	Price controls during disasters	Commentary
Blame politicians, not Measure 5	Jamie Voytko	Oregon state spending after Measure 5	Commentary
Fair thee well!	Joseph Coon	Oregon State Fair subsidies	Commentary
Prosperity or Portland?	Steve Buckstein	Portland's high cost business climate	Commentary
Sailing competitive seas	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	Free trade and market competition	Commentary
The Field of Ecomonic Dreams	Matt Roehr, CFA, and Kurt T. Weber	Publicly funded sports stadiums	Commentary
No accountability: Portland's Mini PERS	Matt Roehr, CFA	Portland's FPD&R fund	Commentary
A sober critique of the beer tax	Joseph Coon	Sin taxes	Commentary
Risks of a Multnomah County income tax	Steve Buckstein	Measure 26-48	Commentary
It's time to unlock SAIF	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	SAIF Corporation	Commentary
The Benefits from Unlocking SAIF: Why Oregon Should Open Its Workers' Compensation Market	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	SAIF Corporation	Insight
Options increase in local phone markets	James Gattuso, J.D.	Telecom industry	Commentary
Fix PERS to fix future budget problems	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	PERS and Oregon's budget	Commentary
Don't buy the Beavers, sell the stadium	Michael L. Barton, Ph.D.	Sell the city's baseball stadium	Commentary
Shop 'til you drop, public officials	Adrian Moore	Competitive bidding of public services	Commentary
Oregon state spending up even if Measure 28 fails	William B. Conerly, Ph.D., and Steve Buckstein	Oregon Measure 28	Commentary
Shut down PERS now	Steve Buckstein	PERS reform	Commentary
Invited testimony before the Oregon Senate Interim Budget Committee	Steve Buckstein	Role of government, state budget crisis	Insight
Check out library fees	John A. Charles	Library funding	Commentary
Fix PERS for new hires	Angela Eckhardt	PERS reform	Commentary
Tax Freedom Day	Angela Eckhardt	Taxes	Commentary
Urban renewal drains resources, confuses all	Gregory W. Byrne, J.D.	Urban renewal funding	Commentary
Repent from sin taxes	John A. Charles	Cigarette taxes	Commentary
Time for a tax cut	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	Tax cut	Commentary
Leave job creation to private sector	Angela Eckhardt and Lawrence W. Reed	Job creation	Commentary
Say "no" to Governor's tax increases	Steve Buckstein	State budget shortfall	Commentary
Give Oregon back its money	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	Federal unemployment insurance tax	Insight
Give Oregon back its money	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	Federal unemployment insurance tax	Commentary
Wrong number	Kurt T. Weber	Government-provided telecom services	Commentary
PERS reform is overdue	Peter J. Ferrara, J.D.	Public employee pension reform	Commentary
Pension liberation for Oregon	Peter J. Ferrara, J.D.	Public Empl. Retirement System	Insight
Build it (privately), and they will come	Zenon X. Zygmont and Aaron W. Davis	Subsidized stadiums	Commentary
Repeal Little Davis-Bacon, reduce government fat	Kurt T. Weber	Prevailing wage law	Commentary
Don't blame deregulation for dark days	Angela Eckhardt	Electricity deregulation	Commentary
Cutting the budget? Cut corporate welfare	Zenon X. Zygmont, Ph.D.	Corporate welfare	Commentary
Playing favorites: Corporate welfare in Oregon	Zenon X. Zygmont	Corporate welfare	Insight
Can Oregon Tighten its Fiscal Belt?: Benchmarking Oregon Government Spending	Randall J. Pozdena, Ph.D.	Oregon budget	Insight
Great Myths of the Great Depression	Lawrence W. Reed	Great Depression	Insight
Death tax kills family farms and wildlife	Clay J. Landry and J. Bishop Grewell	Estate tax	Commentary
A vision that seems stuck in the 20th century	Steve Buckstein	Oregon budget	Commentary
That fellow behind the tree	Paul R. Farago	Taxation	Commentary
Cure for the post-April 15 blues?	Paul R. Farago	Taxation	Commentary
Oregon employers' hidden taxes cost jobs	Dean Stansel	Taxation	Commentary
Creating the Zero-Tax State: Why Oregon Should Replace Taxes with User Fees	John A. Charles	User fees	Insight
Let library users pay	Kurt T. Weber	Library user fees	Commentary
Finding common ground: Oregon state government after Measure 47	Martin L. Buchanan	Oregon budget	Insight
Tobacco taxes: Not what the doctor ordered	Paul E. Smith, MD	Sin taxes	Commentary
Public subsidies, private gain	Dale F. Rubin, JD	Business subsidies	Insight
Unintended consequences: How government policies hurt the poor	Martin L. Buchanan	Poverty relief	Insight
The unseen costs of ribbon-cutting	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	Economic development	Insight
The Economic Impact of an Oregon Sales Tax	Richard K. Vedder, Ph.D.	Sales tax	Insight
Seven Principles of State Budget Reform	Martin L. Buchanan	State budget	Insight
The equal tax: A step backward in public finance	Anthony M. Rufolo, Ph.D.	Equal tax	Insight
Business Taxation: A Loose Cannon on a Dark Night	William B. Conerly, Ph.D.	Business taxation	Insight