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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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Education
ESAs in Arizona Q1 2025

The rapid “catch-up” growth in the ESA program is coming to an end. Going forward, program growth will probably be much slower, and new enrollments will increasingly reduce the cost of other publicly-funded

February 13, 2025 Kamryn BrunnerGlenn Farley
Jobs & Our Economy
Competitive Golf, in February

Considering all spending, the Open induces $407 million in statewide Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and supports 8,950 jobs.

February 04, 2025 Kamryn BrunnerGlenn Farley
Taxes & Fees
The Economic Impact of State Restrictions on Interchange Fees

This report serves to both educate and inform the public about interchange fees, their role in the payment card system, and the impacts of payment cards on the economy

February 03, 2025 Zachary Milne