Reports by our partner organizations about municipal finance and public budgets:
- No Small Fees
L.A. Spends More on Wall Street Than Our Streets
Fix L.A. Coalition | Released March 2014, Updated July 2015
- The Detroit Bankruptcy
Th causes of Detroit’s bankruptcy and what the city’s emergency manager can do to turn it around
Wallace Turbeville | Demos | November 2013
- The Looting of Oakland
How Wall Street’s Predatory Practices Are Costing Oakland Communities Millions and What We Can Do About It
ReFund and ReBuild Oakland Coalition | June 2013
- Swapping Our Future
How Students and Taxpayers Are Funding Risky UC Borrowing and Wall Street Profits
Charlie Eaton, Jacob Habinek, Mukul Kumar, Tamera Lee Stover, and Alex Roehekasse| University of California | 2013
- Interest Rate Swaps
How Citibank and UBS Are Costing Palm Beach Schools Millions
Florida Public Services Union | May 2012
- I.O.U.
How Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank Have Shortchanged Minnesota Schools
Minnesotans for a Fair Economy | May 2012
- Too Big To Trust
Banks, Schools, and the Ongoing Problem of Interest Rate Swaps
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center | January 2012
- Money For Nothing
How interest rate swaps have become golden handcuffs for New Yorkers
United New York, Center For Working Families, and Strong Economy For All Coalition | December 2011
