Falling revenues make it impossible to address increasingly complex public problems, and looming national crises in infrastructure, pensions, and healthcare will exacerbate the situation. This website, an ongoing initiative of Professor Stephen Goldsmith, provides network solutions for a city, state, or region.
Peter Hutchinson on why grief is good, and even necessary, when making organizational changes. Managment Insights. Governing.com. August 13, 2008.
"America's Innovative Leaders: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin." Governing.com. July 14, 2008. Goldsmith sheds light on how Franklin harnessed indirect leadership to fix her city's broken judicial system.
"America's Innovative Leaders: Ron Sims, Executive of King County,Washington State." Governing.com. June 23, 2008. Goldsmith highlights Ron Sims, who has taken political risks to fix public transportation.
"Private School, Public Education." Managment Insights. Governing.com. June 4, 2008.
"Moving Men into the Mainstream: Best Practices in Prisoner Reentry Assistance." Manhattan Institute: Civic Bulletin No. 51 (March 2008).
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Louise K. Comfort on "Cities at Risk: Hurricane Katrina and the Drowning of New Orleans." Urban Affairs Review. Vol. 41, No. 4 (March 2006) 501-516.
Ronald Ferguson on "Low Wage America: The working-poverty trap." Public Interest. Vol.158 (Winter 2005) 71-82.
Marvin H. Kosters on "Low Wage America: Up from the bottom ring." Public Interest. Vol.158 (Winter 2005) 83-95.