Blue Model Blues
Puerto Rico Crisis: Coming Soon to the Mainland

The problems that forced Puerto Rico belly-up are not confined to the island.

Blue Model Blues
Republicans Helped Create the Pension Crisis

A new study should blunt Republicans’ self-righteousness about their party’s allegedly superior fiscal prudence.

Blue Model Blues
20th-Century Thinking at the Century Foundation

When it comes to the changes in the economy and the end of the blue model, it’s clear the Left doesn’t have many answers (yet).

Blue Model Blues
In Chicago, Rumblings of the B-Word

Puerto Rico might not be the last U.S. jurisdiction to file for bankruptcy.

Blue Model Blues
Bond Agencies Take Note

There is a big underlying difference between the financial health of cities that prioritize infrastructure and those that don’t.

Blue Model Blues
The Tragic Mismanagement of Chicago’s Public Schools

Chicago’s public school system is on the verge of facing financial insolvency, and it’s not because selfish taxpayers have been starving it of revenue.

Blue Model Blues
The Self-Sabotage of Teachers Unions

The real reason teachers aren’t getting a raise.

Blue Model Blues
Pension Debt Exceeds 40k Per Household

According to a first-of-its kind pension-tracking website created by Stanford’s Institute for Economic and Policy Research, unfunded pension liabilities total over $4.8 trillion.

Blue Model Blues
Student Loan Excesses Harm the Most Vulnerable

Well-intentioned but harebrained social engineering is a menace to the poor.

Blue Model Blues
U.S. Pension Shortfall: $3.4 Trillion

Over the next decade, more municipalities will likely follow San Bernardino, Detroit, and Puerto Rico into bankruptcy.

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