Michael J. New
Adjunct Scholar
Michael New received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama. He has served as a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-MIT data center and a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His research interests include limitations on government, tax revolts, welfare reform and campaign finance reform.
Cato Studies
"Dispelling the Myths: The Truth about TABOR and Referendum C," by Michael New and Stephen Slivinski, Briefing Paper no. 95, October 24, 2005.
"Proposition 13 and State Budget Limitations: Past Successes and Future Options," Briefing Paper no. 83, June 19, 2003.
"Campaign Finance Regulation: Lessons from Washington State," Briefing Paper no. 73, September 5, 2002.
"Welfare Reform That Works: Explaining the Welfare Caseload Decline, 1996-2000," Policy Analysis no. 435, May 7, 2002.
"Limiting Government through Direct Democracy: The Case of State Tax and Expenditure Limitations," Policy Analysis no. 420, December 13, 2001.
Opinion and Commentary
"TABOR Foes Give State Spending Control a Bad Rap," by Michael New and Michele Bachmann, Twincities.com, November 17, 2005
"TABOR Time," by Michael New and Stephen Slivinski, National Review (Online), October 25, 2005
"Spending Problem, Still," National Review (Online), June 15, 2005
"The Gann Limit Turns 25," Investor's Business Daily, October 28, 2004
"Raising the Stakes on Social Security Reform," Cato.org, September 28, 2004
Events
"Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't," August 14, 2007 [Book Forum]
Multimedia
"Politics of State Spending Caps" featuring Michael J. New, September 7, 2007 [Flash Audio, 04:58]
"State Spending Limits" featuring Michael J. New, August 24, 2007 [Flash Audio, 05:41]