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    No Loan for You!

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

    Patrick M. Brenner and D. Dowd Muska  |  March 2, 2023

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    Austin, We Have a Problem

    Space is booming in Texas — it doesn’t ‘need’ corporate welfare

    D. Dowd Muska  |  February 27, 2023

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    Hail to the American Southwest

    The presidency and our region

    D. Dowd Muska  |  February 20, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    Draining the Swamp, from a Distance

    What states are doing to combat D.C.’s dysfunction

    D. Dowd Muska  |  February 1, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    What About the ‘Megadrought’?

    On the Arizona-California border, the Colorado River below the Palo Verde Dam is running at 110 percent of its median flow. Utah is “having an astounding winter,” and “in certain watersheds, it’s breaking records.” In New…

    D. Dowd Muska  |  January 30, 2023

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    It’s Time to Ditch the Double Tax

    Taxing corporate income is counterproductive — more states should learn from Texas and Nevada

    D. Dowd Muska  |  January 27, 2023

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    A Tale of Two Policy Models

    Job-creation in the region is surging again — excluding California and New Mexico, of course.

    D. Dowd Muska  |  January 25, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    Let the Sessions (and the Spending) Begin!

    All eight states of the American Southwest are, or will soon be, in session. Will legislators return budget surpluses to inflation-battered taxpayers, or launch spend-a-thons?

    D. Dowd Muska  |  January 17, 2023

  • Policy Brief

    Solar in the Southwest: A Bright Shining Disappointment

    Solar is a bust, even in the sun-drenched Southwest. If it can’t make it here, it can’t make it anywhere.

    D. Dowd Muska  |  December 12, 2022

  • White Paper No. 1

    A Bright, Shining Disappointment

    Solar Photovoltaic’s Failure in the Southwest.

    D. Dowd Muska  |  November 30, 2022

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