Introduction: A Blueprint for Illinois and Beyond
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The Illinois Policy Institute has done a great public service in putting together this cohesive set of well-reasoned essays on a topic of great public urgency: "An Illinois Constitution for the Twenty-First Century." My major observation is that this book is both timely and tardy. Tardy, because one-sixth of the twenty-first century is already in the history books. Timely, because it is urgent to undo the many poor decisions of the Illinois legislature and courts that have compromised the state's political and fiscal health so that it now lags behind its neighbors on virtually all measures of economic well-being. In recent years, the Illinois Policy Institute has published a large number of individual posts, all of which are essential reading, which chronicle the dire situation within the state. The Institute notes the steady exodus of manufacturing jobs from Illinois, most of which go to neighboring states that have fewer pro-union rules and more stringent budgetary processes. The cumulative effect of these miscues is easy to determine even if the relative weights of the different institutional blunders are difficult to measure.
Source Publication
An Illinois Constitution for the Twenty-First Century
Source Editors/Authors
Joseph E. Tabor
Publication Date
2017
Recommended Citation
Epstein, Richard A., "Introduction: A Blueprint for Illinois and Beyond" (2017). Faculty Chapters. 364.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/364
