Commentaries and Op-Eds See the latest commentaries and op-eds from the GFRC Commentaries Heading link Copy link Keeping Up with the Times: Rethinking Local Govern By Deborah A. Carroll, Shayne Kavanagh and Chris Morrill for PA Times (2022) Government Finance in Perspective By Thomas Snyder for PA Times (2021) Creating More Capital for Underserved Communities By Michael A. Pagano for Route Fifty (2021) Carbon Tax in the Electricity Sector By Deborah A. Carroll for PA Times (2021) Examining Recovery Funds for State and Local Govs By Amanda Kass and Philip Rocco for Notes on the Crises (2021) The Myth of ‘Unnecessary’ Federal Aid By Amanda Kass and Philip Rocco for Governing (2021) The Call for a New Fiscal Architecture By Michael Pagano for APA (2020) Cities Prepared for Rainy Days, but Not a Tsunami By Michael Pagano for NLC (2020) When will your city feel the impact of COVID-19? By Michael Pagano for Brookings (2020) Understanding A City's Fiscal Base By Michael Pagano and Yonghong Wu for PA Times (2020) Whither Market Discipline?: Puerto Rico Default By Robert Chirinko for PA Times (2019) Are Innovation Districts Right for Cities? By Joshua Drucker for PA Times (2019) Is Consolidating Public Pension Funds A Good Idea? By Amanda Kass for Crain's Chicago Business (2019) Hasty, shortsighted reforms make for pension pain By Amanda Kass for Crain's Chicago Business (2019) Revenue Forecasting and the Fragility of Tradition By Michael Pagano for Governing Magazine (2019) Do School Districts Close The Right Schools? By Rachel Weber for PA Times (2019) Why Address the Infrastructure Deficit Now? By Michael Pagano for Governing Magazine (2019) Why Are Cities' Revenues Still Lagging? By Michael Pagano for Governing Magazine (2018) Cook County’s 2018 Democratic Primary for Assessor By Amanda Kass for Urban Affairs Forum (2018) What are States’ Obligations to Monitor TIFs? By David Merriman for PA Times (2018)