Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago

Ester R. Fuchs

University of Chicago Press, May 15, 1992 - Business & Economics - 361 pages

Chicago and New York share similar backgrounds but have had strikingly different fates. Tracing their fortunes from the 1930s to the present day, Ester R. Fuchs examines key policy decisions which have influenced the political structures of these cities and guided them into, or clear of, periods of economic crisis.

About the author

Ester R. Fuchs is associate professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago; American Politics and Political Economy Series
• Author: Ester R. Fuchs
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1992
• ISBN: 0226267911, 9780226267913
• Length: 361 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Public Finance; Political Science / American Government / State; Political Science / General