Videos - Economy

As Pioneer Institute observes Sunshine Week,?we are disappointed by the legislature’s attempts to deny what the vast majority of voters want: an audit of the legislature by our State Auditor. Trying to avoid an audit further exacerbates the loss of public trust. After all, what are we left to think? Do they have something to hide? That is not the government our founders intended; nor is it what 72 percent of Massachusetts voters wanted. This year, during Sunshine Week, we are entirely focused on the top three actions to bring sunlight to the state legislature. They are: 

In this brief, six-minute video, Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim Stergios and Director of Government Transparency, Mary Z. Connaughton, walk through an amendment to the Massachusetts constitution that could dramatically increase the income tax on retirees and small businesses.

Pioneer Executive Director Jim Stergios presents a comprehensive overview of job creation trends in the Commonwealth since 1990, drawing on findings from Pioneer’s seven-part series on this topic.

In the State of the Union Address last night, President Obama spoke at length about how the country can kick-start the great American job engine. Here in Massachusetts, we hear that we are doing well compared to the rest of the country....

Press Release on Pioneer’s new paper which takes a look at economic growth in Massachusetts’ Middle Cities.

Brenda Bond discusses her interviews with Police Chiefs regarding the economic crisis.

Mayor’s Scott Lang (New Bedford), Lisa Wong (Fitchburg) and City Manager Bernard Lynch (Lowell) discuss tracking data to reduce spending while maintaining services.

Mayor Lisa Wong (Fitchburg), and City Manager Bernard Lynch (Lowell) discuss areas most affected by funding cuts.

Mayors Scott Lang (New Bedford), Lisa Wong (Fitchburg) and City Manager Bernard Lynch (Lowell) discuss sources of funding with greatest decline.