Geoffrey Lawrence
Geoffrey Lawrence is the deputy director of policy at NPRI. Geoffrey conducts research on state and local issues concerning taxation, government spending, and fiscal transparency and accountability.
Publications :
Policy Studies
The 2011 Nevada Legislative Session
The Impact of Obamacare on Nevada’s Medicaid Spending
Who Really Prevails Under Prevailing Wage?
Better Budgeting for Better Results
The 2009 Nevada Legislative Session
Nevada’s Freedom Budget 2009-2011
Tax Dollar Performance in Nevada
Rolling the Dice on the Taxpayers’ Dime
NPRI's Recommendations for Cost-Cutting and Reform
Commentaries
Bad for politicians, but good for Nevada
Sandoval seeks a higher level of Silver State performance
The myth of the 'temporary' tax hike
'Juice' is not the route to economic development
Hello ... Congress? Are you there?
Texas margin tax: Always a bad idea
The federal budget is always balanced
Brookings study waves the flag for crony capitalism
High-powered taxation in the Silver State
Neighboring states upstage Nevada education
Why unemployment persists: Part IV
ObamaCare will squeeze education, other needs
Why unemployment persists: Part III
Firefighter unions versus the public
Why unemployment persists: Part II
Why unemployment persists: Part I
Taxes, taxes and taxes … oh, my!
Disastrous taxes dressed up with empty rhetoric
The bipartisan sabotage of free enterprise
Unions prevail, while most Nevadans struggle
A silver lining among the storm clouds
Mixing Keynes and mercantilism
Grading lawmakers’ performance
Sandoval incorporates long-needed reforms
The fundamentals matter: Part II
The fundamentals matter: Part I
An unhealthy employment picture
Uncertainty: The intangible that rules the world
Is Nevada’s tax structure regressive?
Taxes can’t simply be ‘passed on’ to tourists
Social Security is not an asset
Reid’s budget plan: positive, but flawed
Feds fire warning shot over state pensions
Harry Reid: His real impact on Nevada
Fix the approach, fix the problem
Controlling taxes means controlling spending
A how-to guide for budget reform: Part IV
A how-to guide for budget reform: Part III
A how-to guide for budget reform: Part II
A how-to guide for budget reform: Part 1
What pensions ‘cost’ and what they really cost
Band-aids don’t fix broken bones
Optimism not productive in accounting
Could PERS be a silver bullet?
The magical language of special session
Wait … you say there’s a recession?
To fix health-care costs, begin with prices
Culinary sells out, taxpayers on the hook
A ‘vision’ of extortion and control
IFC to hide behind unelected stakeholders
Nevadans deserve honesty from IFC
Putting a price on government-run health care
PERS reforms do not go far enough
Is Energy Summit about ends or means?
Health care for the newly unemployed
Cap-and-trade conflicts with Nevada’s mandates
Raising the minimum unemployment rate
Support for tax hikes relies on economic fallacies
New tax a wrong turn for Nevada
Voodoo economics don’t hold water
Foe of the environment? Back ‘renewable energy’
Forcing you to buy what you don’t want
Smokes and booze for the children
Setting up the 2011 spending spree
LVRDA tries to scam the public
Greenspan and Bernanke’s war on Nevada
Speaker scrutinizing subsidies
It’s Reno’s redevelopment model that needs renovation
Artificially low tuition retards Nevada higher education
Consumer choice is better than government choice
Why Nevada's cost of government is high
Calls for tax hikes rely on faulty data
Legislature addresses imaginary ‘shortfall'
Union attempts to hold essential services hostage
Corporate welfare, corruption and the ‘blight' of the poor
Blame it on regulators, or on regulation?
Blogs :
Clark County irritated at LVRDA
Having his cake and eating it too
Possible tax increase coming today!!! Update: Passes
Authority for county tax hikes could be approved today; Update: Tax fails
The untenable nature of NV state employee pay raises
Ruling class becoming too big for britches
