Austerity blog Academic Austerity Budgets Cities Education Inequality Poetry Press Publications Stream Uncategorized February 5, 2021 Public spending must support everyone, not just the rich April 14, 2020 How is this recession different from all other recessions? March 20, 2020 Beyond austerity August 19, 2016 Participatory Budgeting: not just for regular budgets August 19, 2016 Why is recovery taking so long—and who’s to blame? May 3, 2016 From the annals of state austerity budgets… May 3, 2016 Welfare and the politics of poverty April 8, 2016 Water woes could sink Flint’s property values even more April 8, 2016 Defending public pensions March 17, 2016 Crowdfunding for the Public Good Is Evil | WIRED March 17, 2016 BART gets real April 23, 2015 When universities go bankrupt… April 8, 2015 The Glitch in Colorado’s Weed Experiment – NYTimes.com February 2, 2015 The federal budget, battleground January 26, 2015 Greek voters reject austerity December 11, 2014 Informal Economy Budget Analysis December 3, 2014 Watchdog: Borrowing Trouble – Chicago Tribune series December 2, 2014 Detroit loses power, literally. November 18, 2014 News of the unsurprising: tax cuts lead to budget deficits November 14, 2014 Kansas cuts taxes, guess what happens next? November 4, 2014 IMF critiqued internally for austerity response October 19, 2014 We’re not in Kansas anymore – or are we? September 23, 2014 “The Social Geographies of Recession and Austerity” May 25, 2014 The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills May 10, 2014 Suburban austerity April 24, 2014 The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest – NYTimes.com March 13, 2014 Bailing on Detroit – Jamie Peck March 11, 2014 Chicago’s Credit Rating Downgraded by Moody’s – NYTimes.com February 26, 2014 To Pay for Infrastructure Repairs, Obama Seeks Tax Changes February 22, 2014 Woops! January 11, 2014 Michigan has nearly $1B more than expected for budget | Crains Detroit Business December 28, 2013 Pensions for city workers can’t be cut, but pay can, judge rules in major San Jose case – San Jose Mercury News December 28, 2013 Police Salaries and Pensions Push California City to Brink – NYTimes.com December 20, 2013 What Washington Gives New York – Added Strain on the Social Safety Net – NYTimes.com December 14, 2013 More than one way for a city to die November 20, 2013 Report: Detroit bankruptcy caused by state cuts, shrinking tax base, not long-term debt | Detroit Free Press | freep.com November 10, 2013 Peter Marcuse on Participatory Budgeting November 9, 2013 How Austerity Kills October 25, 2013 Reparations From Banks – NYTimes.com October 20, 2013 Bankruptcy for Ailing Detroit, but Prosperity for Its Teams – NYTimes.com October 13, 2013 Here Is Every Foreign Country That Gets More Federal Aid Than Detroit – Next City September 29, 2013 The Racial Dot Map: One Dot Per Person for the Entire U.S. September 28, 2013 Rich people, poor people September 26, 2013 The Radicalism of Today’s Austerity in One Chart | Economic Policy Institute September 14, 2013 Left with nothing | The Washington Post September 14, 2013 Daily Reminder of Texas State Budget Cuts – NYTimes.com September 13, 2013 Rich Man’s Recovery – NYTimes.com August 17, 2013 Thousands of Marylanders are losing homes in second wave of foreclosures – The Washington Post August 13, 2013 Detroit, bankruptcy, and the national pension fixation June 21, 2013 More than one million join Brazil protests – Americas – Al Jazeera English June 21, 2013 Local journalism: Las Vegas June 20, 2013 What the end looks like June 19, 2013 Whole Foods opens in Detroit, threatening stereotypes everywhere | Grist June 18, 2013 In Embattled Detroit, No Talk of Sharing Pain – NYTimes.com June 11, 2013 China state auditor warns over local government debt levels | Reuters June 4, 2013 San Francisco throws good money after bad May 20, 2013 Report says poor are moving to nation’s suburbs – SFGate May 14, 2013 New York City’s libraries: open less than Detroit’s! May 13, 2013 Bill Seeks to Tie Municipal Borrowing to Public Pension Disclosure – NYTimes.com May 11, 2013 Austerity never works: Deficit hawks are amoral — and wrong – Salon.com March 25, 2013 Court to Decide on Pensions in Stockton, Calif., Bankruptcy – NYTimes.com February 2, 2013 Transparency and budget cuts: a winning combination? February 2, 2013 Sports stadiums: an inevitable drain on city budgets? January 24, 2013 States budget cuts leave poor in a fix – SFGate December 15, 2012 It’s Official: Austerity Economics Doesn’t Work : The New Yorker December 9, 2012 Los Angeles: doing less with less December 3, 2012 NYT series on subsidies, part 2 (Texas) December 2, 2012 Economic development, or blackmail? December 2, 2012 Following the money November 30, 2012 Detroit: urban austerity as art form November 29, 2012 The Myth of the Exploding Welfare State November 19, 2012 Mayors go to Capital Hill to urge action on the “fiscal cliff” November 19, 2012 Economists urge “Jobs and Growth, Not Austerity” November 16, 2012 The Austerity Bomb November 2, 2012 What I’m doing this month October 31, 2012 Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law: Good for banks, not so good for people October 31, 2012 Disasters and governments: all politics is local October 24, 2012 Off the deep end October 23, 2012 Austerity, then and now October 20, 2012 “The Municipal Sandwich” October 15, 2012 Analysis: Aid recipients welcome IMF’s shift on austerity | Reuters October 15, 2012 IMF changes its tune on austerity October 4, 2012 Sprawl and fiscal crisis October 4, 2012 The euro zone crisis: The tightest purses | The Economist August 9, 2012 Nuances of crime in a time of austerity and fear August 3, 2012 Fitch weighs in on Michigan’s Emergency Manager law August 3, 2012 Local Finances in New York State July 30, 2012 Muni Bond legislation July 11, 2012 Thousands of towns face budget squeeze in downturns wake – Economy Watch July 10, 2012 Scranton, Pa., slashes workers pay to minimum wage – Bottom Line June 20, 2012 Public Workers Face Continued Layoffs, and Recovery Is Hurt – NYTimes.com June 2, 2012 “Cities Facing Worst Fiscal Situation Since 1980” June 1, 2012 The Austerity Agenda – NYTimes.com May 30, 2012 Vallejo, California, austerity model May 16, 2012 Foreclosure Relief Money Diverted by Governors May 14, 2012 And meanwhile in Greece… May 14, 2012 Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain – NYTimes.com May 14, 2012 Budget cuts hamper Washington State’s battle against whooping cough epidemic May 11, 2012 Montclair, New Jersey: small town battle over the budget May 7, 2012 The French Electorate rejects austerity?
December 28, 2013 Pensions for city workers can’t be cut, but pay can, judge rules in major San Jose case – San Jose Mercury News
December 20, 2013 What Washington Gives New York – Added Strain on the Social Safety Net – NYTimes.com
November 20, 2013 Report: Detroit bankruptcy caused by state cuts, shrinking tax base, not long-term debt | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
August 17, 2013 Thousands of Marylanders are losing homes in second wave of foreclosures – The Washington Post
