CO N TEN TS

ABO UT TH E I
N S TI
TUTE 2

M ETH O DO LO G Y 3

RATI
N G S AT A G LAN CE 4

1.TAX AN D FI
S CAL 5

2.EN ERG Y AN D EN VI
RO N M EN T 11

3.LAW AN D S CO PE O F G O VERN M EN T 17

4.W O RKFO RCE AN D LABO R 22

5.REG ULATI
ONS 26

6.I
N DI
VIDUAL LI
BERTI
ES 32

7.EDUCATI
ON 36

8.H EALTH CARE 40

9.LO CAL AN D N ATI

O N AL S ECURI
TY 45

10.FREE S PEECH AN D ELECTI

ONS 49
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