Feeling Salty
How Eliminating the State and Local Tax Deduction Will Force Taxpayers to Take Out Billions in Debt to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
November 2017 | Report by Saqib Bhatti and Carrie Sloan
Broken Promises
PROMESA Is a Model for Undermining Democracy and Pushing Austerity Elsewhere in the U.S.
August 2017 | Report by Saqib Bhatti and Carrie Sloan
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Outlook Negative
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
Increasing opportunities for minority and women owned asset managers in institutional investments |
October 2016 | Report by Talia Schank
Time to Pay the Piper
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
What Swaps Cost Our Schools and Students
June 2016 | Report by Dominic Russel, Carrie Sloan and Alan Smith
Municipal Banking: An Overview
Financing Socially Just and Sustainable Forms of Urban Development
April 2016 | Report by Karl Beitel
Turned Around
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
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
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