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• Getting the Fiscal Fundamentals Wrong
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   February 29, 2012
• Stockton’s fiscal meltdown isn't the result of a dumb idea or corruption. That's why it’s particularly scary.
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• The Postal Ties That Bind
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   December 19, 2011
• The Governing Insitute's director explains that in thousands of small towns and cities across the country, the local post office is seen as the heart and soul of the community.
• Categories: Economic Development ,  Media and Communications ,  Transportation & Infrastructure
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• Advice For New City Mayors
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   December 12, 2011
• New mayors stepped up to the rigors of campaigning and succeeded in getting themselves elected. Now, they begin the hard part.
• Categories: Management ,  Media and Communications ,  Politics ,  Public Officials
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• Finding Our Way Out of a Nobel-Caliber Economic Mess
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   October 11, 2011
• "Regular people" still struggle even as economists interpret their behavior for policymakers.
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• The Other 20 Words That Make a Great Promise Real
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   August 31, 2011
• Reflections on a lesser-known part of the Declaration of Independence remind us that good government is needed to secure our unalienable rights.
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