Marc Joffe
Senior Policy Analyst
Marc Joffe is a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation.
After a long career in the financial industry, including a senior director role at Moody's Analytics, Joffe's research focuses on municipal finances, alternative asset investments, transportation policy and federal, state and local fiscal policy.
His financial research has been published by the California State Treasurer's Office, UC Berkeley, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, California Policy Center, The Center for Municipal Finance, and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute among others.
Joffe is a regular contributor to The Orange County Register and his op-eds have also appeared in The Fiscal Times, Governing, National Review, The Hill, and The San Jose Mercury News.
Joffe recently presented a panel paper at the APPAM 42nd Annual Fall Research Conference along with University of Texas, Dallas Associate Professor Evgenia Gorina and his Reason colleagues Anil Niraula and Jen Sidorova.
He has an MBA from New York University and an MPA from San Francisco State University.
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The risks of issuing pension obligation bonds are rising with inflation, interest rates
Governments considering pension obligation bonds should carefully evaluate the costs, risks, and potential rewards before issuing these securities.
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The University of Michigan moves to modernize government financial reporting
XBRL can make data from state and local governments more digestible and publicly available.
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Government failures, not privatization, are to blame for Flint’s water crisis
Public and private water providers can improve their procedures to avoid such terrible consequences in the future.
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California should embrace large-scale water desalination projects
California shouldn’t be rejecting a sustainable opportunity to buy water for a penny per gallon.
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Municipal water systems show wide variations in quality and financial results
The accompanying map shows data for over 900 city- and county-owned water providers across the United States.
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Proxy battles are usually an inefficient use of public pension systems’ resources
Public pension funds should prioritize maximizing risk-adjusted returns with as little wasted effort as possible.
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The true depths of the U.S. debt crisis
The massive federal debt accumulation is going to force extremely tough political and policy choices in the coming decades.
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California community colleges are losing students
If students don’t return soon, community colleges will face a financial crisis.
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California’s high-speed rail line will share track with commuter rail, slowing trains and increasing accident risks
Sharing track with commuter rail means that the service billed as high-speed rail will run more slowly than originally promised to voters and that high-speed trains will run through grade-level railroad crossings.
