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ESI to Present at the 2016 APA PA Annual Conference
Senior Advisors Steven Nelson and Sidney Wong, along with Sr. Vice President and Principal, Peter Angelides, will be presenting at the PA Chapter…
ESI Welcomes Blane Stoddart as Senior Advisor
Econsult Solutions, Inc. welcomes Mr. Blane Fitzgerald Stoddart to our group of senior advisors. Mr. Stoddart is President and CEO of BFW…
The Exit Interview: Final Thoughts from our Interns
As the summer winds down, the team at ESI must say goodbye to its current group of interns. These brilliant young men and…
The Impact of Race/Ethnicity and College Major on Earnings
Choosing a College Major We live in a knowledge economy where education is one of the most important factors in determining one’s…
NBR’s Vision for Revitalizing North Broad
The work performed by the North Broad Renaissance (NBR), a non-profit committed to revitalizing the area stretching from City Hall to Germantown…
How Much Do National Political Conventions Mean Economically?
The massive political tides have come and gone. Although the RNC and DNC are now officially over, the conversations around each event…
Generational Change in Car Usage
In September 2015, the Washington Post wrote the obituary for “America’s fading car culture” entitled “Cruising toward Oblivion,” [i] echoing a June…
Changes to HMDA Could Reveal Where Inequitable Banking Practices are Occurring
In recent years, there has been an increased focus on racial inequality and decreasing racial disparities in the US. In Philadelphia and…
Econsult Solutions Files Chester’s Recovery Plan
ESI, the coordinator appointed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act (Act 47 of 1987, as amended) for the…
How Fair Are Your City’s Lending Practices?
Over the past forty years, legislation has been enacted at the federal, state, and local levels to regulate the banking industry and…
ESI is a Proud Supporter of the ROC Conference
ESI is proud to sponsor the seventh biennial Reinventing Our Communities conference that will examine strategies on how communities can connect people, places,…
One Way (Of Many) To Be A World-Class City
A number of years ago I commented in an op-ed that Philadelphia, center of one of the largest metropolitan economies in the…
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