The People's Money: Pensions, Debt, and Government Services
In: The urban agenda
In: The Urban Agenda Ser.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part One: Overview -- Introduction -- Part Two: White Papers -- Local Government Long-Term Liabilities: Pensions, Other Postemployment Benefits, and Infrastructure -- Contemporary Fiscal Challenges and Positions of US Cities -- Exploring Urban Governments' Fiscal Challenges -- Linking Resources to Government Services: Is There a Future for Benefit-Based Financing? -- Beyond Political Consolidation: Prospects for Effective Local Governance through Self-Organized Collaborative Networks -- When Public Pension Reforms Fail or Appear to Be Impossible: Are Unbalanced Budgets, Deficits, and Government Collapse the Only Answer? -- List of Contributors -- Back Cover.