April 16, 2018
Deciding which groups should give which should receive, government redistribution policies could be based on a generational lens.
April 10, 2018
While the CBO's (Congressional Budget Office) 2018-2028 report presents federal budget projections, the numbers also reflect the tradeoffs and some tough decisions.
March 23, 2018
While businesses will enjoy spending from aging populations, communities are concerned with supporting an older demographic.
March 18, 2018
With Plattsburgh, New York's cheap electricity attracting Bitcoin miners, the city has to figure out how to cut their power usage.
March 13, 2018
The OPEC nations are having a tough time deciding what oil price to target because it all depends on how U.S. shale oil producers will respond.
March 9, 2018
About more than the U.K., Brexit also creates EU budget problems because of the 10 to 12 billion euros that the British will no longer give annually.
February 15, 2018
To begin to understand the biggest slice of the federal spending pie, we should start with six need-to-know Social Security facts.
February 13, 2018
Referring to spending at the federal, state, and local levels, and to roads and bridges and electrical transmission lines and railroads and so much more, infrastructure spending is monumentally complex.
December 22, 2017
To calculate the real cost of flying, to the fares and the fees, we need to add the time, aggravation and inconvenience created by poor airport design.
December 12, 2017
To decide if a hot dog is a sandwich, we can look at New York City's list of criteria and examples that determine if you pay sandwich taxes.
December 7, 2017
November 29, 2017
While larger municipalities with high fixed costs have worsening revenue problems, a tiny Ohio solves its municipal finance problems with traffic tickets.