The gross receipts tax proposed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, while a welcome step in tackling the state's budget shortfall, is a flawed approach to taxation, according to a University of Illinois expert.
The proposed tax, which would be levied on transactions between businesses and between...
J. Fred Giertz keeps an eye on the ups and downs in the Illinois economy, and you can, too. Since 1981, this economist in LAS and the staff at U of I's Institute of Government and Public Affairs have generated monthly economic indices, which they now regularly posts to the Web. By logging...
U of I's largest college just got bigger. This past fall, the Department of Economics moved its 40 faculty from the College of Business to LAS, becoming the college's 53rd department. The change was in response to the greater compatibility between the goals of the department and those of LAS versus...