Robert Fellner
Policy Director
Robert Fellner joined the Nevada Policy in December 2013 and currently serves as Policy Director. Robert has written extensively on the issue of transparency in government. He has also developed and directed Nevada Policy’s public-interest litigation strategy, which led to two landmark victories before the Nevada Supreme Court. The first resulted in a decision that expanded the public’s right to access government records, while the second led to expanded taxpayer standing for constitutional challenges in Nevada.An expert on government compensation and its impact on taxes, Robert has authored multiple studies on public pay and pensions. He has been published in Business Insider, Forbes.com, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, RealClearPolicy.com, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Examiner, ZeroHedge.com and elsewhere.
Robert has lived in Las Vegas since 2005 when he moved to Nevada to become a professional poker player. Robert has had a remarkably successfully poker career including two top 10 World Series of Poker finishes and being ranked #1 in the world at 10/20 Pot-Limit Omaha cash games.
Additionally, his economic analysis on the minimum wage won first place in a 2011 George Mason University essay contest. He also independently organized a successful grassroots media and fundraising effort for a 2012 presidential candidate, before joining the campaign in an official capacity.
La deuda de Nevada en pensiones se dispara a 18.000 millones de dólares, los profesores pagan los mayores costos de jubilación del país
Nota: Esta es la primera de una serie de tres partes que examina el Sistema de Jubilación de los Empleados Públicos de Nevada, o PERS. Una vez más, los contribuyentes…
Es hora de abandonar la escala salarial única para los profesores
Felicitaciones al Distrito Escolar del Condado de Clark por elevar el salario de los nuevos profesores a más de 50.000 dólares. La cantidad anterior de 43.000 dólares era poco…
Time to Abandon the One-Size-Fits-All Teacher Pay Scale
Kudos to the Clark County School District for bumping the salary for new teachers to more than $50,000. The previous amount of $43,000 was unlikely to attract the best…
VIDEO: Rent control advocate left speechless
Check out this incredible video by John Stossel on rent control, where he leaves an advocate of rent control literally speechless after asking a basic question about the effects of…
Nevada Policy wins big at the Nevada Supreme Court
In a unanimous decision, the Nevada Supreme Court today ruled in favor of Nevada Policy in the Institute’s ongoing separation of powers lawsuit. In a landmark, precedent-setting ruling,…
El control de los alquileres implica menos viviendas y precios más altos
El control de alquileres es la idea política fracasada que no muere. En un foro reciente para los candidatos que compiten por convertirse en el próximo alcalde de North…
Rent Control Means Fewer Homes, and Higher Prices
Rent control is the failed policy idea that just won’t die. At a recent forum for candidates vying to become the next Mayor…
Nevada law enforcement tries to steal money from innocent property owner, yet again
State law wrongly allows law enforcement to seize the property or money of those never convicted of a crime. This scheme is made even more perverse by the fact…
Nevadans deserve a governor that will defy next lockdown push
Lockdowns were one of the “greatest peacetime policy disasters of all time,” concludes Professor Douglas Allen in a paper just published by the International Journal of the Economics of…