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Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, Thad D. Calabrese Ph. D. breaks down his report issued by GSI titled: The Fiscal Cliff, Explained. Thad details in plain English how New Jersey’s declining revenue will mean much higher taxes starting in 2025 for both residents… Read More »New Jersey’s Fiscal Cliff: Explained, with Professor Thad Calabrese

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, Regina is joined by New Jersey Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Bracken to discuss New Jersey’s business outlook for 2024. This February will mark thirteen years since Tom took the reins at the NJ Chamber… Read More »New Jersey Business Outlook 2024 with Tom Bracken

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – featuring guest host Audrey Lane, Policy Director of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, Audrey is joined by Republican State Senator Vince Polistina from the 2nd Legislative District, which encompasses nearly all of Atlantic County, including Atlantic City. Prior to his election to the New Jersey State… Read More »Trenton Watch: What’s in Store for 2024 with Senator Vince Polistina

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, Regina is joined by New Jersey State Assemblyman Brian Bergen, who has served in the legislature since January 2020 and where he is a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee. Notably, Assemblyman Bergen is also… Read More »Fighting the Budget Wars in Trenton (with Brian Bergen)

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. As listeners have heard discussed on prior GSI Briefing podcasts, states are in competition with each other, and even foreign countries, for jobs and investment. In our state, New Jersey’s Economic Development Authority, or NJEDA, has stated as… Read More »New Jersey’s Economic Growth Priorities

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – featuring guest host Audrey Lane, Policy Director of the Garden State Initiative. By now you’ve probably heard that Governor Phil Murphy is following California’s lead and signing a directive that will ban the sale of gas powered cars in New Jersey by 2035. Left unsaid is how realistic… Read More »Electric Cars For Everyone In New Jersey?

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this special episode of our podcast we take you to GSI’s annual William E. Simon Economic Policy Forum and a topic that is dominating the news these days: Energy. Particularly, the implementation of New Jersey’s Energy Master… Read More »New Jersey’s Energy Options

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this episode, Regina is joined by by Dr. Arthur Laffer for a discussion of the various economic policy issues impacting life in New Jersey. Dr. Laffer was the keynote speaker at GSI’s annual Economic Policy Forum in… Read More »Taxes Have Consequences – New Jersey in Focus

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. In this special episode of our podcast we take you to GSI’s annual William E. Simon Economic Policy Forum and a panel discussion I moderated entitled New Jersey’s Business Climate, Opportunities and Challenges. Joining the discussion were: In… Read More »New Jersey’s Business Climate: Opportunities & Challenges

Welcome to the GSI Briefing podcast – hosted by Regina Egea, President of the Garden State Initiative. Regina is joined by Pat Delle Cava, Business Manager for Local 102 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, for a wide-ranging discussion of New Jersey’s business climate, how that impacts organized labor and what NJ can do… Read More »New Jersey’s Business Climate and Organized Labor