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1 Alaska s Fiscal Paradox Web List OLLI March 2015 Tanana Valley League of Women Voters ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND READING Brief Introduction to the Alaskan Economy (podcast by Gunnar Knapp) (pdf of PowerPoint Presentation) ABriefIntroductionToAlaskasEconomy_GK.pdf Accompanying audio podcast: VGeryBriefIntroductionToTheAlaskaEconomy.mp3 The Most Important Things to Understand about Alaska s Fiscal Situation by Gunnar Knapp (January 23, 2015) MostImportantThingsToUnderstandAboutAlaskasFiscalSituationJanuaryPresentation.pdf An Overview of Alaska s Fiscal Situation, Senate Finance Committee [PowerPoint], (January 22, 2015) by David Teal, Legislative Fiscal Analyst, The Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: Legislative Fiscal Analyst s Overview of the Governor s Request, Legislative Finance Division (Introduction) [budget portion no longer current] ALASKA ECONOMY Forum360: How Tumbling Oil Prices Affect Everything in Alaska (video): [to be shown in class] "Perfect Storm" Alaska Dispatch News (1/18/2015): fiscal- perfect- storm Alaska's Fiscal Future: Public Forum will ask how Alaska's fiscal future can live with less: fiscal- future/ Oil price declines. Alaska Dispatch News (1/12/2015) by Dermot Cole price- decline- trims million- alaska- governments- previous- economic- forecast 1

2 Panelists suggests cuts, tapping permanent fund earnings to solve Alaska's fiscal crisis Alaska Dispatch News (10/ 5/2014) by Alex DeMarban suggest- cuts- tapping- permanent- fund- earnings- solve- alaskas- fiscal- woes Assessing the Situation: Alaska's Fiscal Future (Alaska Public Media, 1/9/2015): the- situation- alaskas- fiscal- future/ Mark Foster, Anchorage School District CFO: 20Operating%20Budget%20K12%20Education%20Spending.pdf Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) Fiscal Planning Model by Scott Goldsmith (1/13/2015) (Excel spreadsheet; you must enable macros) State s finances are challenged, but all is not bleak, Alaskanomics.com 1/9/2015 (Website) by Tim Bradner finances- are- challenged- but- all- is- not- bleak.html LOOKING BACK Visit these websites to learn from the past. Safe Landing: A Fiscal Policy for the 1990s, ISER Fiscal Policy Papers, No. 7, July 1992: Citizen s Guide to the Budget (ISER, 2003) (website) The Outlier State: Alaska s FY 2012 Budget by Jerry McBeath and Tanya Corbin, Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Utah This is one of series of annual reports for those who want to delve in Alaska s political and economic history. only- in- csbs- cppa- website&client=csbs- cppa_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=csbs- cppa_frontend&numgm=10&btng.x=0&btng.y=0 LOOKING FORWARD Alaska Public Policy Options in a Declining Oil Production Regime: Fiscal Options on a Falling Tide by Mark Foster for Commonwealth North 8/30/ a%20Falling%20Tide%20- %20Mark%20Foster.pdf 2

3 THE STATE BUDGET PROCESS AND OVERVIEWS Understanding Alaska s Budget (Information Insights, 2015) Alaska State Budget and Finances, Ballotpedia (website), Layman s Guide to the Budget Process Presentation to Alaska Alliance Meet Alaska Conference, (January 9, 2015), Randall Hoffbeck, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Revenue content/uploads/2013/10/meetak2015.presentationrs.randall- Hoffbeck.pdf Alaska Legislative Budget Handbook for Legislators and Legislative Staff (Swiss Army Handbook) (Legislative Finance, 11/14) Indirect Expenditure Report (Legislative Finance, 1/15) Finance director on state fiscal outlook Alaska Dispatch News 1/24/2015 by Dermot Cole director- state- fiscal- outlook- fall- cliff- or- build- ramp National Council of State Legislatures Summer 2011 Update: policy/state- budget- update- summer aspx OIL PRICES Barreling Down: Cheap oil is bringing relief to U.S. consumers and change across the globe by Alex Altman et al Time (2/2/2015) [Cover Story print edition) Falling oil prices: who are the winners and the losers? BBC Business News by Tim Bowler (1/19/2015) Low Oil Prices: How Low? How Long? (video) Center for Strategic and International Studies oil- prices- how- low- how- long- overview- experts- publications- events- edit- revisions- workf An Old- Fashioned Oil Price Plunge: What does the dramatic drop in oil prices mean for state budgets? State Legislatures Magazine, 2/1/ policy/an- old- fashioned- price- plunge.aspx 3

4 The paradox of oil: The cheaper it is, the more it costs, Simplicity Institute, March by Samuel Alexander 05/the- paradox- of- oil- the- cheaper- it- is- the- more- it- costs PERMANENT FUND Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (website): Alaska Permanent Fund Division (website): At a crossroad: The Permanent Fund, Alaskans, and Alaska s Future, b Cheryl Frasca and Eric Wohlforth, Commonwealth North Study Report, 11/2007 Saving for the Future: My Life and the Alaska Permanent Fund by David A. Rose, Epicenter Press, 2008 TAXE$ Comparing Alaska s Oil Production Taxes: Incentives and Assumptions, WebNotes No. 18, August 2014 (ISER) by Matthew Berman, WebNote18- ComparingAKOilTaxes.pdf Alaska: The facts on Alaska s tax climate Tax Foundation (website): tax- climate/alaska Best and Worst States to Be A Taxpayer 2014 by John S. Kiernan, WalletHub.com (website) worst- states- to- be- a- taxpayer/2416/ Kiplinger s State by State Tax Map (website): S001- kiplinger- tax- map/index.php Documents associated with SB 192: Many presentations are available OIL TAX CREDITS 4

5 Oil tax credit questions likely to reignite Alaska oil tax debate, Alaska Dispatch News 1/8/2015 by Dermot Cole tax- credit- questions- likely- reignite- alaska- oil- tax- debate Alaska Needs Analysis of Oil Tax Credits and production tax payments, Alaska Dispatch News 1/12/2015 by Dermot Cole needs- analysis- oil- tax- credits- and- production- tax- payments State losses on oil production tax credits spark debate on how and why Alaska Dispatch News, 1/27/2015 by Dermot Cole losses- oil- production- tax- credits- spark- debate- how- and- why SEE ALSO The Oil Patch, News, Analysis and Commentary on How the Oil Industry Works Today: Promises, Problems and Practices (website) by Richard Fineberg The Political Economy of Oil in Alaska: Multinationals vs. the State by Jerry McBeath, Matthew Berman, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Mary F. Ehrlander, Lynne Rienner Publishers, BASIC LINKS TO STATE OF ALASKA RESOURCES (Recommended by the Fairbanks Legislative Information Office) Link to Governor s Office of Management and Budget Link to the Legislative Finance Division The Legislative Budget and Audit page has a wealth of information as well, much of it not included on the Alaska Legislature s page: 5

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