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David Hansen

President

David Hansen was selected in December 2004 to lead the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions as its President.

The Buckeye Institute serves Ohio as the premier source of policy research and education representing the viewpoint of limited government, economic liberty, individual freedom and personal responsibility in the debates about Ohio’s present and future.

Our philosophy calls for growing the freedom of economic self-determination on the part of our citizens and businesses.

The methods we favor are: by reducing taxes and limiting the reach of government; by raising public standards for both the performance of needed government and the moment it is resorted to as a solution to society's problems; and, by empowering the better nature of the forces guiding this state and country for most of the 200-year journey since their founding, including self-reliance, private enterprise and private charity, and free-economy market forces.

Prior to joining the Buckeye Institute, Mr. Hansen was Managing Director of Public Policy Service for the Ohio Manufacturers' Association where he worked to win changes in government policies that would improve the competitiveness of the state's largest economic sector. Other highlights in his work for economic freedom and civil society include running his own business practice consulting U.S. and other governments in democracy development in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and service as Chief of Staff of the Michigan State Senate.

Recent articles by David Hansen

• Ohio’s Payday Solution a Bigger Problem
  April 21st, 2008   Home Viewpoint
  By David Hansen and Tom Schatz

• President's Update
  October 1st, 2007   Home Media Release

• How Fast Does Ohio's State Government Spend Your Money?
  September 12th, 2007   Economic Growth Document

• Teacher Union Contracts Keep Schools from Competing
  August 30th, 2007   Education Viewpoint

• Highlights of Florida’s Experience with McKay
  June 7th, 2007   Education Policy Study

• Thoughts on Ohio's Climb to the Top
  April 16th, 2007   Economic Growth Viewpoint

• Educational Opportunity in Times of Political Change
  January 5th, 2007   Education Viewpoint
  By David Hansen and Vicki Murray

• Issue 3: The Price Isn't Right
  October 26th, 2006   Economic Growth Viewpoint
  By Jeff Hooke, Tom Firey and David Hansen

• More on a Child-Centered Education Finance System for Ohio
  September 21st, 2006   Education Viewpoint

• July Porker of the Month: Kent State University Trustees
  July 16th, 2006   Economic Growth Viewpoint

• Ohio Government Spends $823 per Second
  July 13th, 2006   Economic Growth Media Release

• Viewpoint: Hamilton County Jail Needs to Escape Prevailing Wage
  June 28th, 2006   Economic Growth Viewpoint

• Congress’s Answer to High Gas Prices: Raise Taxes!
  April 21st, 2006   Economic Growth Document

• Cleveland State University Symposium on TEL's
  April 13th, 2006   Economic Growth Document

• Ohio's March to the Top of the Nation in State and Local Tax Burden
  April 12th, 2006   Economic Growth Media Release