It's not so much laziness or lack of vision as it is different skill sets. Additionally, the big university-based research players (Brookings, Hoover, Mercatus)

It's not so much laziness or lack of vision as it is different skill sets. Additionally, the big university-based research players (Brookings, Hoover, Mercatus) are all prevented from anything that looks too much like advocacy, so they stay away from things like model ordinances out of an abundance of caution.