We believe sound fiscal and economic research is essential to strengthen Arizona's economic prosperity, future, and ensure individual opportunity.
Common Sense Institute is a non-partisan research organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of Arizona's economic growth. CSI is at the forefront of important discussions concerning the future of free enterprise in Arizona and aims to have an impact on the issues that matter most to Arizonans.
CSI’s mission is to examine the fiscal and economic impacts of policies, initiatives, and proposed laws so that Arizonans are informed on issues impacting their lives. CSI employs rigorous research techniques and dynamic modeling to evaluate the potential impact of these measures on jobs, the state budget, and individuals’ pocketbooks.
Common Sense Institute was founded in 2010 originally as Common Sense Policy Roundtable. CSI’s founders were a concerned group of business and community leaders who observed that divisive partisanship was overwhelming policymaking and believed that sound economic analysis could help Coloradans make fact-based and common sense decisions.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
FREE ENTERPRISE:
Common sense policies should govern market structures with minimal interference, promote Arizonans’ flourishing, market competition, and protect Arizonans’ rights.
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY:
Promote or create thoughtful policies for Arizona's economic prosperity to enhance the quality of life for all Arizonans.
INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITY:
Enable opportunity for individuals and families to prosper, grow, and make Arizona home. All Arizonans should be afforded the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
RIGOROUS RESEARCH:
Provide research that is based on fact and connects through a diverse and dynamic economy. Policy changes can often have broad and long-term ripple effects. We utilize dynamic economic models, and other tools, to simulate economic impact scenarios across Arizona’s economy.
NON-PARTISANSHIP:
Partisan positioning has no place in our work. We are committed to dialogue across a diverse spectrum of stakeholders, and to research that is based in facts and data.
IMPACT:
We ensure every piece of research produced by CSI Arizona reaches and resonates with its intended audience. Research must not only be sound and rigorous, but also widely read, understood, and used to inform decision-making.