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Public Policy

Helping the Homeless: Public-Private Partnerships in Los Angeles County

| November 29, 2017 | Economics, Poverty, Young Scholars

Helping the Homeless: Public-Private Partnerships in Los Angeles County
Can the public and private sectors effectively partner to provide temporary shelter assistance to the homeless? For the citizens of Los Angeles, California, this is no idle question. With 46,874 homeless, the “City of Flowers and Sunshine” is host to nearly 10% of the...
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How America’s Diversity Could Revolutionize Policymaking

| May 10, 2016 | Politics

How America’s Diversity Could Revolutionize Policymaking
America is an increasingly fragmented republic.  The ties that bind us culturally and economically have come unwound in the face of enormous change. To Yuval Levin, writing in the pages of The Wall Street Journal, this is a reality we can neither lament nor ignore:...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

Policy for the People

| July 7, 2015 | Politics

Policy for the People
Is policy made to help people or places? This is a central question politics is built to answer, and for too many years America’s leaders have answered wrongly. They have favored improving place at the expense of bettering the lives of people. The triumph of place is...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.