Tag: economic growth

Pittsburgh’s finances: a review of 2024’s results

Summary: The city controller presented Pittsburgh’s 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report on May 1, summarizing results from 2024 while expressing concerns over the financial future

Allegheny Institute May 22, 2025

The Dangers of Ignoring Massive Imbalances

A wise economist once remarked that nothing grows exponentially forever. A corollary would be that rapid exponential growth of anything will not be sustainable for

Christopher Wendt July 7, 2010

No Boom, No Bust, No Surprise

"It’s not Pittsburgh’s way to boom or bust" "Pittsburgh has avoided many of the housing-related problems that plague the larger economy because home values here

Christopher Wendt December 1, 2010

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