Sacramento Bee

Both Paul's book, written with colleague Joe Mathews of the New America Foundation, and Lustig's collection of essays from various writers outline concrete ...

Such piecemeal changes, however, have historically exacerbated problems rather than solved them, said Joe Mathews, who co-wrote a recent book, ...

... "California Crackup" by Joe Mathews and Mark Paul (University of California Press, $19.95, 240 pages): A change of governors doesn't mean the state's economic and political problems will be remedied overnight. Here, two seasoned political journalists offer their "uniquely California fix." ...

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"California Crackup" by Joe Mathews and Mark Paul (University of California Press, $19.95, 240 pages): A change of governors doesn't mean the state's ...

Imagine there's a division in a company that is operating so efficiently and taking up so few administrative resources that it's saving money for the whole firm. The demand for its products is predictable and constant, and customer feedback is overwhelmingly positive. Would anyone close down that department?

Proposition 13 critics such as New America Foundation senior fellow Joe Mathews often blame Brown for hoarding a budget surplus even while a backlash was ...

... Two new books – "Remaking California" and "California Crackup" – catalog the state's civic ills. In a few weeks, Loyola University Law School will sponsor a forum on dysfunction and its cures, called "Rebooting California." ...

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"There's consensus on gimmicks, because it's the least dangerous option – at least for the people in office," said Joe Mathews, a New America Foundation senior fellow and co-author of "California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It." ...

... "People really trust that their schools have their best interest in mind, that they're not going to sell them out," said Stephen Burd, a higher education expert with the New America Foundation think tank. ...