Op-Eds & Articles

• Blueprint for a Better Budget January 2010
• Empire State Exodus October 2009
• Government Workers in New York: The Empire State's Favored Class? September 2006
• Defusing New York's Publis Pension Bomb: A Fair Approach for Workers and Taxpayers June 2006
• Taxing and Spending in the Empire State: Overview of the 2006-07 Executive Budget February 2006
• Taxes and Consequences: The Gotham STAMP 2006 Computable General Equilibrium Model December 2005
• Breaking the Budget in New York October 2005
• Pricing the "Luxury Product": New York City Taxes Under Mayor Bloomberg Civic Report 47 | November 2004
• The $36 Billion Bonus: New York’s Gains from Federal Tax Cuts Civic Report 43 | August 2004
• Private Competition for Public Services: Unfinished Agenda in New York State [By E. J. McMahon, Adrian Moore, & Geoffrey F. Segal] Civic Report 41 | December 2003
• Defusing the Pension Bomb: How to Curb Public Retirement Costs in New York State [By E. J. McMahon & Peter Ferrara] Civic Report 40 | November 2003
• Competitive Contracting of Bus Service: A Better Deal for Riders and Taxpayers [By E. S. Savas & E. J. McMahon] Civic Report 30 | November 2002
• Deja Vu All Over Again: The Right Way to Cure New York’s Looming Budget Gap Civic Report 29 | October 2002
• Tax-and-Spend, Boom-and-Bust: Lessons for Mayor Bloomberg Civic Report 23 | December 2001
• The Cost of Their Intentions: An Analysis of the Mayoral Candidates’ Spending Proposals Civic Report 21 | October 2001
• What New York Has Gained From Tax Cuts Civic Report 20 | September 2001
• New York’s Savings from the New Tax Law: A Good Start, But Loose Ends Remain Civic Report 18 | July 2001
• Campaign 2000 Tax Proposals: What They Mean for New Yorkers Civic Report 15 | October 2000

City Journal Articles

• Empire of Excess, Winter 2010
• An Outsourcing Opportunity, 6 October 2009
• Tax High, People Fly, 6 October 2009
• Defusing the Pension Bomb, 28 September 2009
• The Budget New York Needs, 9 July 2009
• New York State’s Fiscal Reckoning, Autumn 2008
• Rating Mayor Mike, Summer 2005
• New York Crime Hits a Tipping Point, Winter 2005
• One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Summer 2004
• The Return of Dependency?, Winter 2004
• City Journal’s Quality-of-Life Index, Summer 2003
• City Journal’s Quality-of-Life Index, Summer 2002
• W.’s Gift to New York, Spring 2001

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