Economic Mobility

R Street’s Competition Policy program addresses government barriers that hurt businesses and people. We support market-oriented policy solutions that enhance free enterprise, consumer choice and public well-being. The team focuses primarily on occupational licensing, alcohol policy, shipping and postal policy, transportation and infrastructure, health care disintermediation, telehealth policy and regulatory reform. Sign up for updates here.

Op-Eds Economic Mobility, Finance and Trade, Regulatory Reform, South, State Policy

With feds paralyzed, Georgia addresses workforce shortages

Marc Hyden Oct 2, 2023 The Newnan Times-Herald

Op-Eds California, Economic Mobility, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Governance, Regulatory Reform, Restoring the First Branch, State Policy

The Newest Attack on Capitalism Comes From Republicans

Steven Greenhut Sept 28, 2023 The American Spectator

Op-Eds Economic Mobility, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade

The Right Way to Battle Child Poverty

Steven Greenhut Sept 21, 2023 The American Spectator

Op-Eds California, Economic Mobility, Finance and Trade, State Policy

Ending poverty in California requires good policy, not platitudes

Steven Greenhut July 28, 2023 The Orange County Register

Testimony Economic Mobility, Finance and Trade, Northeast, State Policy

R Street Testimony in Support of MA S 1430 “An Act Relative to Hormonal Contraceptives.”

Robert Melvin June 6, 2023

Coalition Letters, Letters Economic Mobility, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Regulatory Reform

R Street Institute signs coalition letter in support of the Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY) Act

Steven Greenhut May 18, 2023

Op-Eds Economic Mobility, Finance and Trade, Future of Work, Regulatory Reform

Work from home is here to stay. It’s time for our regulations to adapt to it

Eli Lehrer April 18, 2023 The Washington Examiner

Op-Eds Economic Mobility, Finance and Trade, Occupational Licensing, South, State Policy

Lawmakers focused on jobs, education; now it’s Gov. Kemp’s turn

Marc Hyden April 3, 2023 The Newnan Times-Herald

Explainers Economic Mobility, Finance and Trade

Proposing a Cost-Effective Child Tax Credit that Will Reduce Poverty and Have Bipartisan Appeal

Jacob Bastian Feb 15, 2023

Policy Studies Economic Mobility, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade

Designing a Better Child Tax Credit: Accounting for Effects on Poverty, Parental Employment and Government Budgets

Jacob Bastian Feb 13, 2023