Public Lands Discussion
On June 29, 2018 CGO Research Director Megan Hansen joins other panelists from The Heritage Foundation and Southern Utah University at a Public Lands Discussion featuring Senator Mike Lee hosted [...]
Failure to Launch: Housing, Debt Overhang, and the Inflation Option
A decade after the 2007-2008 financial crisis, US unemployment has receded to near historic lows, economic growth has returned, and house prices are approaching their previous heights. However, [...]
It’s a new day for daily fantasy sports betting
In May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal prohibition on sports gambling. With many states making changes to accommodate the Supreme Court’s decision, one thing is clear: Legal [...]
Energy Markets Serve National Security Better than Favoritism
The Trump administration proposed a policy aimed at helping suffering coal and nuclear power plants by requiring utilities to purchase electricity from these plants. CGO researchers, Camille [...]
Taxis, Taxis and Governance in the Vehicles-For-Hire Industry
The growth of the sharing economy has challenged not only traditional regulatory approaches but also traditional notions about how regulations are made and enforced. This paper uses the [...]
Summer Student Workshop: “Building Your Research Toolkit”
The Center for Growth and Opportunity hosted its first annual Summer Student Workshop on June 7-8. It was a successful launch to one of its many new student development programs since the CGO’s [...]
Plastic Pollution – Bans vs. Recycling Solutions
To offset the environmental impacts of products made from expanded polystyrene (also known as plastic foam or Styrofoam), a number of municipalities have considered or implemented bans of these [...]
Social Security and the Increasing Longevity Gap
This working paper contributes to the discussion about Social Security reform by developing a new measure of the progressivity of a Social Security system. The authors use this new measure to [...]
Economist and Scholar Aaron Hedlund Joins the Center for Growth and Opportunity
Aaron Hedlund, assistant professor of economics at the University of Missouri and visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, has joined the Center for Growth and Opportunity at [...]
Study: Plastic Packaging Bans Hurt The Environment More Than They Help
CGO researchers authored a study through the Independent Institute that examined the environmental consequences of banning various forms of plastic, including plastic foam. In this article [...]
