Budgeting and Finance

Consumer Affairs and the FDIC

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

This case examines the efforts of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to establish a special "consumer affairs" office in response to the mandate of the 1975 Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act. The creation of the office...

The New York City Crisis

Publication Date: January 01, 1981

In February of 1975, New York City found itself on the verge of insolvency when its $260 million bond issue was cancelled after the underwriters withdrew from the sale. The case explores how the city's financial crisis came about and the efforts...

Detroit Fiscal Crisis (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

This case concerns a major fiscal problem facing the city of Detroit, and its mayor Coleman Young, in the 1970s. Part A presents a profile of Detroit, a deteriorating manufacturing center with virtually all of the classic symptoms of urban...

Note on the MBTA

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...

MBTA: Rail Equipment Budgeting (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...

MBTA: Rail Equipment Budgeting (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1979

This series of cases on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, the mass transit agency serving the Boston metropolitan area, examines the management of an urban service delivery agency. Each case, as well as the series as a whole, is designed...

Detroit Fiscal Crisis (Part B: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case concerns a major fiscal problem facing the city of Detroit, and its mayor Coleman Young, in the 1970s. Part A presents a profile of Detroit, a deteriorating manufacturing center with virtually all of the classic symptoms of urban...

Detroit Fiscal Crisis (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case concerns a major fiscal problem facing the city of Detroit, and its mayor Coleman Young, in the 1970s. Part A presents a profile of Detroit, a deteriorating manufacturing center with virtually all of the classic symptoms of urban...

Caspar Weinberger and Welfare Reform

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case examines the process of welfare reform policymaking initiated by Caspar Weinberger after his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in November 1972. An admirer of Ronald Reagan's management of...