Campaigns & Programs

Broken Promises

August 7, 2017

PROMESA Is a Model for Undermining Democracy and Pushing Austerity Elsewhere in the U.S. August 2017 | Report by Saqib Bhatti and Carrie Sloan Download the PDF Lea en Español To read the rest of our reports about the Puerto

Outlook Negative

May 9, 2017

How Ratings Agencies Punish Local Governments, Create Huge Profits for Wall Street, and Leave Public Employees and People of Color Holding the Bag May 2017

Casting a Wider Net

October 9, 2016

Increasing opportunities for minority and women owned asset managers in institutional investments | October 2016 | Report by Talia Schank

Time to Pay the Piper

September 9, 2016

How a Hometown Investment Bank Is Draining Millions from Minnesota Cities, Hospitals, State Agencies, and Non-Profit Organizations September 2016

The Financialization of Higher Education

June 9, 2016

What Swaps Cost Our Schools and Students June 2016 | Report by Dominic Russel, Carrie Sloan and Alan Smith

Municipal Banking: An Overview

April 9, 2016

Financing Socially Just and Sustainable Forms of Urban Development April 2016 | Report by Karl Beitel

Turned Around

January 9, 2016

How the Swaps that Were Supposed to Save Illinois Millions Became Toxic | Report by Saqib Bhatti and Carrie Sloan January 2016 | Report by Saqib Bhatti and Carrie Sloan

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

November 24, 2015

An Analysis of US Public Pension Investments in Hedge Funds November 2015 | Report by Elizabeth Parisian, AFT and Saqib Bhatti, Roosevelt Institute

Our Kind of Town

March 24, 2015

A Financial Plan that Puts Chicago's Communities First | Report by Saqib Bhatti and Carrie Sloan March 2015 | Report by Saqib Bhatti and Carrie Sloan

Wisconsin’s Dirty Deals

March 20, 2015

How Wall Street Drains Taxpayer Money Our of Public Budgets and What We Can Do About It March 2015 | Report by Saqib Bhatti and Carrie Sloan