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David Hackett

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Redevelopment for Who? How TIF Redistributes Public Funds to the Wealthy

April 13th, 2023 - David Hackett

If you’re standing on any street corner in Chicago, there’s a one in three chance you’re standing in a TIF district. TIF, short for Tax Increment Financing, is a strategy to spur redevelopment in areas that are “blighted”, i.e., an area that has experienced si... More »

Green Technology Might Just Be Enough to Save Us

December 20th, 2021 - David Hackett

Plenty of reasons for optimism emerged from this year’s COP26 meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. The United States is back in the Paris Agreement, both China and the US have pledged to reduce carbon emissions (Friedman 2021), and many other countries have made addi... More »