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2025 Common Sense Institue Free Enterprise Report

The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Arizona economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues. The study is a year long undertaking and includes the CSI Economic Performance Index as well as a Free Enterprise Competitiveness Index across eight different policy areas.

Both indices provide an opportunity to look backwards and better understand where Arizona has been and what direction we are moving. We can better understand how we are performing relative to other states and we can equip policy makers, civic and business leaders with the best understanding of how our state is performing, where we are winning, where we are losing and how free enterprise principles can get us back on track.

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Jobs & Our Economy
Arizona Jobs and Labor Force Update: December 2024

Arizona gained 4,100 nonfarm jobs in November (+0.12%, +1.85% year-over-year) – putting Arizona in the middle (26th) among all states in monthly job growth.

December 20, 2024 Kamryn Brunner
Crime & Public Safety
The Cost of Crime in Arizona

In this report, we examine the crime and criminal justice landscape in Arizona, and specifically what has changed over the last decade.

November 21, 2024 Zachary Milne
Jobs & Our Economy
Arizona Jobs and Labor Force Update - November

Arizona gained 5,400 nonfarm jobs in October (+0.16%, +2.1% year-over-year) – putting Arizona near the top (12th) among all states in monthly job growth.

November 19, 2024 Kamryn Brunner