Press
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Press Release
SPPI Appoints Tim Eichenberg and Archana Pandey to Board of Directors
Public finance veteran and fintech operations leader join Institute’s leadership team to advance economic opportunity.
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In the News
National Media and Policy Leaders Highlight SPPI
National media, policy leaders, and regional voices alike are amplifying SPPI’s research, analysis, and solutions.
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Press Release
SPPI Welcomes Silicon Valley Innovator Dain Ehring to Board of Directors
The Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI) is proud to announce that Dain Ehring, a nationally recognized technology entrepreneur and pioneer in financial and digital innovation, has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Ehring has over 40…
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Press Release
SPPI Opposes Steve Pearce’s BLM Nomination
The Institute warns that the Pearce nomination could undermine western land management
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Policy Brief
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Reply Is the Real Joke
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s slow, self-serving defense of the 30-year mortgage proves that lifetime debt, not homeownership, is the product they’re really selling.
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Policy Brief
Modernizing the Bank Secrecy Act: Cutting Red Tape and Ending Debanking
Congress must update the Bank Secrecy Act for the 21st century…
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Op-Ed
The first of its kind? A tribally owned professional sports team
Jeff Tucker is right about one thing: New Mexico needs to think big. His recent call for a billion-dollar NBA arena in Albuquerque is exactly the kind of visionary thinking our state has lacked for decades.…
Originally published inAlbuquerque Journal
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Policy Brief
The Real Cost of Homeownership: Beyond the Mortgage and APR
This guest commentary was written by Ed Harris, CEO of Harris Northwest Advisors and a Visiting Contributor at the Southwest Public Policy Institute. In his argument about APR, Patrick Brenner is wrong but inadvertently correct on…
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Policy Brief
Compounding Interest: The Case Against the Confused Case Against the Case Against 30-Year Mortgages
In his letter responding to my column in The Wall Street Journal, “The Case Against 30-Year Mortgages,” former Freddie Mac executive David Andrukonis defends the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage as a transparent, borrower-friendly product. In “A Confused…
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Policy Brief
Compounding Interest: Reader Replies, Part IV
When you publish in The Wall Street Journal, you have to expect a few readers to come out swinging. Some disagree on principle; others on tone. And then there are those who lecture you like you…