Expenditures

Cities are not as operationally diverse as they think

June 6, 2011 Cities

So, without knowing any of the details, this IBM strategy makes sense operationally and probably financially. I’m guessing it will make sense for enough cities to buy in though whether it will be enough to be a good business move, I’m not ready to say. From Fast Company, Smarter City in a Box: The Intelligent […]

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County Spending Animated

March 22, 2011 Expenditures

Per capita expenditures animated by county (excluding the five counties of New York City). (Flash required.)NYS County Expend per Capita 1998-2009.swf. Experiment with the scales, speed and labeling.

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More on New York County Finances, and Not Just Nassau

March 21, 2011 Budget

A few days ago, we looked at debt in New York counties (excluding New York City). We found that using several debt measures such as debt per county resident, Nassau County, which is in budgetary trouble, is an outlier. But of course, there are many other things that we might look at and the most […]

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