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Marc Joffe

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Marc Joffe is a senior policy analyst at the Reason Foundation. Previously, he was a senior director at Moody's Analytics. He co-authored a 2013 study for the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission entitled "Assessing Municipal Bond Default Probabilities."

Joffe has an MBA from New York University and an MPA from San Francisco State University.

A new federal law could go a long way toward improving oversight of grant spending and making state and local financial reports more accessible to researchers and constituents.
An underfunded division of the agency struggles to collect data state and local governments need. What's needed is a public-private partnership.
The fiscal troubles across the Atlantic could be an opportunity for America's governments.
A lot could be done to replace fear and ignorance with data and insight.