Published Feb 26, 2018
The NYC Fiscal Crisis Of The 1970s Has Some Important Lessons For Today
Historian Kim Phillips-Fein explores the 1970s New York fiscal crisis to uncover how political tools like deficits enforced austerity, reshaping urban politics and providing crucial lessons on the interplay between fiscal policy and political agendas today.

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