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Report: Black Market Payday

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 24, 2025
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How government price controls created an illicit supply of emergency credit.

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Report: Access Granted

Nationwide, chambers of commerce have mislabeled legitimate data aggregation as phishing to cover for their own digital security failures.

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Report: Swipe Right

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 10, 2025
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How comparison shopping tools and lead generators revolutionize consumer access to products and services.

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Report: 58 is the New 62

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date February 15, 2024
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Rethinking American Retirement and Social Security

Tags Personal Finance, Retirement, Social Security

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Report: No Loan for You, Too!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date June 15, 2023
25 Comments on Report: No Loan for You, Too!

Patrick M. Brenner stands outside Del Norte Credit Union during our "No Loan For You, Too!" experiment.

The unintended consequences of price controls on consumer access to credit.

Tags American Southwest Credit Union, Bank of America, Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), Credit, Del Norte Credit Union, Everyone’s Federal Credit Union, FirstLight Federal Credit Union, Four Corners Credit Union, Internationalites Federal Credit Union, Lending, Mountain America Credit Union, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Navy Federal Credit Union, No Loan For You!, Nusenda Credit Union, Otero Federal Credit Union, Payday Alternative Loan, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Specialized Emergency Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts, U-1st Community Federal Credit Union, U.S. Bank, U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union, Veridian Credit Union, Wells Fargo

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Report: They Lobby — You Pay

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date May 17, 2023
1 Comment on Report: They Lobby — You Pay

Why and How to Stop Taxpayer-Funded Advocacy

Tags Accountability, Democrat, Education Savings Accounts, Ethics, Grass Roots, Influence, Legislation, Lobbying, Nonpartisan, Open Government, Republican, School Choice, Taxpayers, Transparency

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Report: No Loan for You!

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date March 2, 2023
23 Comments on Report: No Loan for You!

How the war on specialized emergency loans has hurt New Mexicans.

Tags Bank of America, Credit, Lending, No Loan For You!, Specialized Emergency Loans, The Pew Charitable Trusts, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo

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Report: A Bright, Shining Disappointment

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date November 30, 2022
6 Comments on Report: A Bright, Shining Disappointment

Solar Photovoltaic’s Failure in the Southwest.

Tags Affordable Energy, Baseload Power, Blackouts, Coal Energy, Electricity, Energy Crisis, Green Energy, Intermittency, Nuclear Energy, Oil and Gas, Reliable Energy, Solar Energy