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Robert Fellner

Robert Fellner is the director of transparency research at the Nevada Policy Research Institute, having joined the Institute in December 2013. Robert has been published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily News, the Providence Journal, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Washington Examiner and on the Forbes and RealClearPolicy websites.

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Government Worker Napped Three Hours Per Day for Four Years

Bureaucracy and RegulationLabor and Wages

Blog08/04/2018Robert Fellner

The average California state government worker earns 23 percent more in total compensation than their similarly skilled and educated private-sector counterpart.

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Privatize the New York City Subway System

Taxes and SpendingU.S. HistoryMonopoly and Competition

Blog06/19/2017Robert Fellner

“Evidence of government failure” calls for a return to privatization to “reduce costs, improve service quality, and accelerate technological change.”

We Don't Need to Create Jobs — We Need to Create Value

Labor and WagesPovertyValue and Exchange

Blog05/29/2017Robert Fellner

Wages spring directly from, and are proportional to, the degree in which a job creates wealth by helping to satisfy an unmet need.

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We Shouldn't Have to Ask the State's Permission to Work

The EntrepreneurPolitical Theory

Blog03/13/2017Robert Fellner

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a magic bullet that would simultaneously raise wages and employment while also lowering prices for consumers?

Government Pension Plans Are Headed for Disaster

Taxes and SpendingPolitical Theory

Blog11/02/2016Robert Fellner

Nevada's troubled pension plan provides ample evidence of why governments can not handle the task of running retirement funds.