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  1. Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative
    Summary: Encouraging sound tax, spending and economic development policy.
    Details: Match Rating: 80. Posted: Dec. 20, 2006. Type: General Article. Part of a larger publication.
     
  2. Michigan Privatization Report (MPR)
    Summary: View the Michigan Privatization Report (MPR) and/or subscribe for a paper copy.
    Details: Match Rating: 80. Posted: Mar. 13, 2006. Type: Forwarded Page.
     
  3. Michigan School Privatization Survey 2008
    Summary: Privatization of school support services is a time-tested means for lowering educational costs. The three major services that school districts in Michigan contract out for are food, custodial and transportation. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy's survey of privatization is the longest running and most comprehensive source of school support service data in the nation.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Jan. 16, 2009. Type: Study.
     
  4. Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan’s State Budget — 2nd Edition
    Summary: An Analysis of Fiscal-Year 2003-04 Appropriations and Recommendations for 2004-05.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: May 4, 2004. Type: Study.
     
  5. Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Society and Balance Michigan's State Budget
    An Analysis of Fiscal-Year 2002-03 Appropriations and
    Recommendations for 2003-04
    Summary: If Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the Michigan Legislature need specifics on how to close Michigan’s looming $1.7 billion budget deficit, they need look no further than the Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s new report on balancing the state budget, released today.

    More than 200 specific recommendations from Mackinac Center analysts total more than $2 billion in cost savings and revenue enhancements. All budget reductions, including those involving federal funds, total $3.7 billion. 157 pages.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Mar. 4, 2003. Type: Study.
     
  6. Internet Access: Government Intervention or Private Innovation?
    Summary: The Internet has transformed our way of life; and new "broadband" technologies promise even greater benefits through high-speed Internet access and communications. Unfortunately, because major cable companies currently have the capacity to provide this technology to their clients, other Internet service providers (ISPs) are crying foul. They are calling the cable companies' "head start" unfair and forming alliances to get the government to force cable companies to make their high-speed broadband lines available for use by all ISPs on equal terms. This study explains why this government intervention would be a terrible idea. It analyzes market trends and technological possibilities to show that "forced access" would significantly increase costs for consumers with no benefit to show for the added expense. The study concludes that "forced access" would stifle the innovation that naturally emerges from the free play of market forces. It shows why government should not only refrain from interfering with broadband technology, but should allow competition between local cable providers in order to maximize the potential of this exciting new technology.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Dec. 3, 1999. Type: Study.
     
  7. Unused Capacity in Privately Funded Michigan Schools
    Summary: Many Michigan education reformers are exploring proposals to use private schools to help fix public school problems, including student overcrowding and a lack of incentives for improving student performance. The proposals, whether they involve public-to-private student transfers or expanded parental choice among all schools, depend on private schools' willingness and ability to accommodate new students. This study, which surveyed 342 of Michigan's 1,058 private schools, confirms that private schools have the classroom capacity and desire to accept a significantly larger role in providing more of the state's children with quality education. 10 pages.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Mar. 15, 1999. Type: Study.
     
  8. Saving Retirement in Michigan
    Responsible Alternatives to Social Security
    Summary: Social Security is going bankrupt, threatening the financial security of Michigan citizens. Retiring Baby Boomers are estimated to double the number of retirees in America by 2015, when Social Security will no longer collect enough in taxes to pay the benefits promised to recipients.

    Privatizing Social Security-allowing individuals to privately invest their own retirement savings-can avert the financial crisis. Countries including Chile and Great Britain have privatized all or part of their state pension programs, yielding retiree benefits much higher than the government systems, including Social Security's paltry 2.2 percent annual rate of return.

    This study recommends that the Michigan Legislature call on Congress to either privatize Social Security or allow Michigan to design for its citizens a sounder and more beneficial retirement plan.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Dec. 24, 1998. Type: Study.
     
  9. Do Private Schools Serve Difficult-to-Educate Students?
    Summary: Private K-12 schools are sometimes criticized for accepting only those students most likely to succeed academically, and for leaving the most difficult-to-educate children to the public school system. Is this true? The diversity of private schools includes those that serve exclusively at-risk, incarcerated, or disabled children. The report describes private schools that educate each of these populations, reviews how public schools are contracting with private schools to serve difficult-to-educate students, examines policy implications including cost and school choice, and presents six case studies of Michigan private schools that serve exclusively students with special needs. 71 page
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Oct. 1, 1997. Type: Study.
     
  10. Teacher, Inc.: A Private Option for Educators
    Summary: This study profiles the experiences of a number of educators in private practice, and discusses the benefits that teachers, students, and schools may realize by contracting for instruction. Also included are the results from two national surveys about the legal authority of school boards to contract for instruction, and a chart to help administrators identify the fully allocated costs of in-house and contract service. 23 pages.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Aug. 1, 1995. Type: Study.
     
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