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Thinking about Performance

…end of the previous recession comes not as the recession ends, but four quarters later, a year into the “recovery.”*** And that’s just the Capital side of the equation. Labor…

Illinois’ deficit reduction scheme

…sales receipts slowed during the recession, more services needed as many become homeless, insuranceless and generally more vulnerable during the recession, and bills have continued to pile up (including for…

What’s in the Water in Chicago ?

…major “conversion” of economists at that time. What is so different about the present recession compared to that one, and to other recessions since then, that would greatly raise the…