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2026 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
Home Prices, the Great Recession, and the Sharing Economy Evidence from Arizona and Airbnb

Arizona’s housing affordability crisis is primarily the result of a long-term shortage of housing construction following the Great Recession, not the growth of short-term rentals such as Airbnb.

April 16, 2026 Glenn Farley
Jobs & Our Economy
The Inflation Hangover How the Post-Pandemic Price Surge Reshaped Affordability in America

In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have experienced one of the most abrupt economic swings in modern history.

April 14, 2026 Zachary Milne
Free Enterprise Report
2025 Common Sense Institute 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

January 09, 2025 Glenn FarleyZachary Milne