public finance
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Participatory Budgeting: Increasing the Power of the Taxpayer over Public Expenditures
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How effective is participatory budgeting at increasing government accountability and responsiveness in municipalities? Programs in Brazil find that allowing residents to choose preferential projects improves their social welfare and shifts constituent priorities to the forefront of public expenditures.
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Will Chicago suffer the same fate as Detroit?
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Standard & Poor’s Senior Director Jane Ridley, who serves as S&P’s primary analyst for Detroit, recounts the factors that drove Detroit to bankruptcy and explains why the Windy City is unlikely to go bust.
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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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Planning Ahead: Does Government “Beat the Clock”?
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How do governments respond to citizen-led initiatives?
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Policy Radio | Lois Scott on Creative Solutions for Chicago’s Infrastructure
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, David Levine sits down with Lois Scott, the CFO of the City of Chicago, to discuss solutions to Chicago’s infrastructure problems.
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Policy Radio | Cristal Thomas on Illinois State Government: Present and Future
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In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Julie Cooper sits down with Cristal Thomas, the Deputy Governor of Illinois, to discuss Governor Pat Quinn’s major policy initiatives and what the future holds for Illinois.