Conversation on March 7, 2016 with Richard Ravitch, Former Lieutenant Governor of New York, on Fiscal Responsibility Rules and their applicability to Puerto Rico

Mr. Ravitch was unable to attend the Center for a New Economy’s March 2 panel “Is a Federal Fiscal Control Board the Only Option for Puerto Rico?” due to an unforeseen situation, but he kindly shared some of his thoughts with the panel’s moderator, Deepak Lamba-Nieves, after the event.

Steps for Fixing Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Problems

The following piece was developed by our colleagues at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). It was written by Nicholas Johnson, CBPP’s Senior Vice President for State Fiscal Policy, and it was originally published on CBPP’s website on February 9, 2016.

Hay opciones: Una ley de responsabilidad fiscal para Puerto Rico

Lo que sigue son tres preguntas básicas para entender el concepto de una Ley de Responsabilidad Fiscal. A mano izquierda del texto encontrará disponibles para descarga: el resumen ejecutivo en español del estudio There Is Another Way: A Fiscal Responsibility Law For Puerto Rico escrito por el director de Investigaciones del CNE, Deepak Lamba Nieves y el director de Política Pública del CNE, Sergio M. Marxuach, así como el estudio en inglés en su totalidad.