Policy in Perspective: 2021
Policymakers have shaped an economy that relies far too much on extractive tourism that provides little to residents in return. To reverse these trends, we need a dramatic shift in our public policy.
Healing Hawaiʻi’s Economy
The State Government’s Crucial Role in Countering the Pandemic Recession.
Hawaiʻi Wages and Household Costs
Hawaiʻi’s post-COVID-19 economy should be one informed by an understanding that the old economic order had been failing many Hawaiʻi residents for decades.
Hawaiʻi COVID-19 Response
Policy and spending decisions to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic on Hawaiʻi and its people.
Young Minds At Risk
Patients, providers, and administrators alike agree that quality mental health care is hard to come by—there is a catastrophic dearth of services for low-income youth.
Financial Struggles Facing Working Families in Hawaiʻi
Survey results show half of Hawaiʻi's households are living "paycheck to paycheck."
The State of Poverty in Hawaiʻi 2012
How the Great Recession disproportionately impacted Hawaiʻi’s disadvantaged, and policy recommendations to achieve fairness.