Publications
The Public Assets Institute provides sound, timely, and accessible fiscal and policy analysis.
We publish research reports, both in house and in collaboration with other individuals and organizations, and prepare press releases, opinion pieces, and presentations on topics related to our current work.
You will find our five latest publications listed below, and archives of all our reports, op-eds, press releases and bi-monthly updates by category.
Latest publications:
As Job-Seekers Lose Steam, So Does the Recovery
For the fourth straight month, Vermonters have dropped out of the labor force. According to figures released today, the number of people working or looking…
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Public investment is key to prosperity
By PAUL CILLO – Rutland Herald, August 15, 2010
For 30 years, we’ve been told government is the problem and the best way to help…
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New Study: Funding Public Services is the Best Route to Prosperity
August 11, 2010
For Immediate Release
MONTPELIER—States, including Vermont, have long viewed economic development and funding for public services as competing interests. That’s a false…
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New Hope for Unemployed Vermonters
Congress is poised to give a temporary reprieve to thousands of Vermonters who have exhausted their state unemployment benefits and depend on emergency benefits from the federal government.
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2012: With Federal Protection Gone, Education and Human Services Are in the Crosshairs
If the Legislature does not restore the lost federal funding for education in fiscal 2012, that will mean a further shift onto the property tax. And without increased revenue to restore the human services budget, poor and vulnerable Vermonters will continue to bear the heaviest burden of this recession.
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