PLS603 Public Budgeting

The last chapter in the Wildavsky book I feel brings us to the current state of the economy. The book talks about how in the late 90's a...

In chapter 8 Rubin talks about Discretion and Abuse of funds. He mentions that the local government is actually watched closer than National...

As Rubin points out in Chapter 9, the openness of budgetary decision making is a subject that is frequently debated as to whether or not it ...

These are some good posts. To some extent more to do with policy than budgetary processes but they do connect and Randy and Meghan have don...

This isn't related to our discussion this week on Defense spending, but an article in the Public Opinion ran today about local projects ...

After reading Wildavsky's chapter on defense it becomes clear that budgeting for defense is a separate entity that takes on a life of i...

This weeks topic is entitlements. According to Wildavsky spending for entitlements and other mandatory programs has doubled since 1988. Most...

This week’s reading focused on the politics behind the desire to balance budgets which is particularly relevant in the wake of this past wee...