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2025 Common Sense Institue Free Enterprise Report

The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Arizona economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues. The study is a year long undertaking and includes the CSI Economic Performance Index as well as a Free Enterprise Competitiveness Index across eight different policy areas.

Both indices provide an opportunity to look backwards and better understand where Arizona has been and what direction we are moving. We can better understand how we are performing relative to other states and we can equip policy makers, civic and business leaders with the best understanding of how our state is performing, where we are winning, where we are losing and how free enterprise principles can get us back on track.

 

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Housing & Our Community
Housing Affordability in Arizona Q1 2025 Update

Arizona’s counties and cities have made only marginal progress in addressing their housing shortages. Although new housing makes up a larger share of the supply in today’s market, it’s clear based on the sl

July 08, 2025 Zachary Milne
Jobs & Our Economy
Arizona May Jobs and Labor Force Update

Arizona lost 3,500 nonfarm jobs month-over-month in May (-0.11%) – putting the state 46th among all states in monthly job growth.

Taxes & Fees
Flat Tax & State Budget Facts and Fictions

This analysis of the Arizona flat tax finds that Arizona’s budget has continued to grow since adopting a 2.5 percent flat tax, and that state spending increases—not tax reform—were the primary driver of Ari

June 12, 2025 Glenn FarleyThomas Young