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The People's Money : Pensions, Debt, and Government Services /
American cities continue to experience profound fiscal crises. Falling revenues cannot keep pace with the increased costs of vital public services, infrastructure development and improvement, and adequately funded pensions. Chicago presents an especially vivid example of these issues, as the state o...
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface and acknowledgments / Michael A. Pagano. Part 1 Overview : Introduction / Casey Sebetto. Part 2 White papers : Local government long-term liabilities: pensions, other postemployment benefits, and infrastructure / Martin J. Luby, Gary Strong, and David Saustad
- Contemporary fiscal challenges and positions of US cities / Yonghong Wu, Shu Wang, and Michael A. Pagano
- Exploring urban governments' fiscal challenges / David Merriman
- Linking resources to government services: is there a future for benefit-based financing? / Rebecca Hendrick
- Beyond political consolidation: prospects for effective local governance through self-organized collaborative networks / Jered B. Carr and Michael D. Siciliano
- When public pension reforms fail or appear to be impossible: are unbalanced budgets, deficits, and government collapse the only answer? / James E. Spiotto.