Shortsighted Policies Led to PA’s Money Woes
Type: BlogDate: September 16, 2014
Pennsylvania is already short of money and borrowing to pay bills less than three months into a new budget...
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Date: September 16, 2014
Divergent Fortunes: Top Incomes and the Middle Class in Pennsylvania’s Counties
Type: Reports and PapersAuthor: Ellis Wazeter, Estelle Sommeiller, Luis E. Basurto, Mark Price
Date: September 16, 2014
Growing economic inequality remains one of the most pressing public policy issues in Pennsylvania today. This paper explores long...
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Giving Away the Golden Egg: Shale Tax Revenue Could Top $1 Billion by 2015-16
Type: BlogDate: August 28, 2014
Here’s one estimate that Pennsylvania exceeded in 2014—gas production in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region came in ahead of projections...
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State of Working Pennsylvania 2014
Type: Reports and PapersAuthor: Mark Price, Natalie Sabadish, Stephen Herzenberg
Date: August 28, 2014
Our “State of Working Pennsylvania 2014” report makes clear that our economy is not performing well from the perspective...
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Cutting Your Way to a More Sluggish Recovery
Type: BlogAuthor: Mark Price
Date: August 19, 2014
New data on consumption spending from the Bureau of Economic Analysis further illustrates that Pennsylvania has cut its way...
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Local Cigarette Taxes: Improving Public Health and Investing in the Community
Type: Reports and PapersDate: August 14, 2014
This report reveals how several American cities have raised cigarette taxes as a public health measure and to generate...
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Pennsylvania’s Revenue-Estimating Process Doesn’t Add Up
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: August 12, 2014
The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center’s analysis last month of the state’s 2014-15 budget cites “myriad dubious revenue sources,...
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