Finance & Economy
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Focus on Finance: A Great Incubator in Memphis
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Memphis Finance Director Brian Collins explains how his city’s problems are being met with innovative solutions from the public and private sectors.
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Policy Radio | Gayle Corrigan and Joseph Andriole on Labor-Management Relations
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This week, Daniel O’Keefe speaks with Gayle Corrigan and Joseph Andriole of Central Falls, RI on labor-management relations and how unions and city governments can work together through financial crises.
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Expiring Budgets and Spending Sprees: The Cost of Use-it-or-Lose-it Budgeting
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Spikes in spending at the fiscal year-end lead to staggering losses and inefficiencies in government procurement.
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Focus on Finance: The Restructuring of Detroit
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Detroit’s leading restructuring professional explains challenges in the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.
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Focus on Finance: A Metropolis in the Desert
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Neal Young from the City of Phoenix talks about sustainable growth, transportation, solar energy, budgeting, and pensions in the nation’s Sunbelt.
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International Tax Havens: Are Multinationals Gaming the System?
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Despite enormous efforts to minimize financial burdens through innovative international tax planning, multinational corporations still face Effective Tax Rates largely determined by the nationality of their headquarters.
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Focus on Finance: Bringing Private Sector Experience to Philadelphia
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The Treasurer for the City of Philadelphia, Nancy Winkler, discusses applying expertise from 28 years in financial consulting to reinvent the City’s financial fortunes.
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Focus on Finance: Conservative Budgets in a Liberal City
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Seattle’s Director of Finance Glen Lee discusses Seattle’s conservative approach to municipal budgets and how it helped the City rebound after the recession.
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Economic Conditions and Health: What was the economy like when you left school?
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Study finds a relationship between health and economic conditions at the time individuals leave school.
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A Desperate Customer? The Growing Trend of PPPs in American Government
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Recent study finds that political and ideological factors as well as increased congestion may be driving states to privatize their transportation infrastructure.
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Focus on Finance: the Push and Pull of Los Angeles Labor Negotiations
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Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana shares how the City of Los Angeles has shrunk its structural deficit, lowered its pension liabilities, and increased its reserves.