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The Niskanen Center is a centrist think tank focused on U.S. public policy including governance and institutional reform. While not directly focused on AI safety, its work on state capacity, regulatory policy, and democratic institutions is tangentially relevant to AI governance discussions.
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The Niskanen Center is a libertarian-leaning think tank advocating for effective government, liberal democracy, and innovative policy solutions across areas including climate, immigration, housing, and criminal justice. It publishes commentary, studies, testimony, and podcasts on U.S. domestic policy. Its work on state capacity and institutional renewal has indirect relevance to AI governance frameworks.
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- •Focuses on strengthening liberal democracy through policy research across climate, social policy, immigration, and criminal justice.
- •Publishes a range of content types including studies, commentary, testimony, and podcasts.
- •Runs a State Capacity project aimed at making U.S. government more effective and responsive.
- •Hosts 'Hypertext,' a journal debating renewal of America's political, economic, and cultural institutions.
- •Not directly focused on AI safety, but relevant to governance and regulatory capacity discussions.
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U.S. Public Policy & News | Immigration, Climate & Social Issues
Renewed Institutions. Effective Government. Shared Prosperity.
Strengthening liberal democracy through innovative policy solutions.
Recent Analysis
Commentary
Social Policy
‘Aloha’ to land value taxation and ‘Aloha’ to tax revolts
When executed carefully, a shift from conventional to split-rate property taxes can immediately reduce burdens for most homeowners while improving efficiency.
02 Apr 2026
Reed Schwartz
Commentary
Social Policy
The bottom rung is missing from America’s housing ladder. The ROOM Act can replace it.
02 Apr 2026
Andrew Justus
Podcasts
Can corporate scandals reinvigorate democracy?
01 Apr 2026
Matt Grossmann
Commentary
Climate and Energy
EPA’s deregulatory claim doesn’t survive its own cost-benefit analysis
01 Apr 2026
Jia-Shen Tsai
Featured Analysis
Testimony
Climate and Energy
Testimony: State of the bulk power system
Testimony of Dr. Liza Reed, Director of Climate and Energy Policy at Niskanen Center for the United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing: “State of the Bulk Power System.”
25 Mar 2026
Liza Reed
Studies
Social Policy
Back to the base-ics: How taxable wage base reforms can strengthen unemployment program solvency
23 Feb 2026
Will Raderman
Commentary
Criminal Justice
We can’t ‘incarcerate our way out of crime.’ But we can deter a lot more of it.
Musk’s claim that incarceration works to control crime is the beginning of the analysis, not the end. The next question is whether it works better than the available alternatives.
26 Mar 2026
Greg Newburn
Studies
Social Policy
Implementing new licensing pathways that work for international doctors and American patients
11 Dec 2025
Jonathan Wolfson, Lawson Mansell, Katherine Hall
Studies
Social Policy
State Capacity
Housing and Transportation
Proceduralism
HOME field advantage: Leveraging HUD dollars to build more housing
08 Oct 2025
Alexander Mechanick, Alex Armlovich
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