John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020Thoughts on the Moving Forward FrameworkThe US House Democrats unveiled a framework infrastructure bill today outlining their priorities for future stimulus and signal to voters…Apr 2, 2020Apr 2, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020Financing the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Low and Middle-Income CountriesWealthy countries have opened an unprecedented spigot of money to finance their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Germany set aside its…Mar 26, 2020Mar 26, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency — Week 7Municipal fragmentation is a challenge to planners for a myriad of non-financial reasons, leading to a generally supportive view of…Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020The Value-Added Tax in the US — Week 6I was curious after this weeks reading as to why the US does not have a Value-Added Tax (VAT). While I could not find a satisfactory…Feb 26, 2020Feb 26, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020Abandoned Albertan Oil Wells and Property Taxes — Class 5A recent Washington Post article about abandoned oil and gas wells in Alberta has an interesting tidbit on the impact of oil and gas…Feb 20, 2020Feb 20, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020Minimizing the dead-weight cost of subsidies — Class 4As covered in the lecture on 11 February, subsidies can create a dead weight loss when the cost to the government of the subsidy exceeds…Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020World Bank Recommends Taxing Foods That Contribute to ObesityThe World Bank released a report yesterday (6 February) recommending the taxation of foods that contribute to obesity. It was reported by…Feb 7, 2020Feb 7, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020Collectability of TaxesI did my taxes this week and it got me thinking about the effort that goes into calculating income taxes in the US. The reading last week…Feb 4, 2020Feb 4, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinJohn Michael LaSalle’s Public Finance and Public Policy Blog 2020Municipal Financing for Climate Resilient InfrastructureThere is a major shortfall in investment in climate-resilient infrastructure. Cities bear the brunt of this shortfall because they have…Jan 28, 2020Jan 28, 2020
John Michael LaSalleinSpatial SocietyPublic Good, Local HarmI recently watched this short documentary (in French and Arabic, sorry) on Ramlet Boulaq, a poor central neighborhood in Cairo that has…Apr 6, 2016Apr 6, 2016
