The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to research and analysis of the region's resources and challenges with the goal of promoting sound public policy and increasing the region's prosperity.

  • New Press Release

    Online Tool Prompts 3,000 to Attempt to Balance Philadelphia's Budget


    66% Opted to Raise Sales and Property Taxes; Majority Reject BPT and Wage Tax Hike 

    Mayor Nutter is a frequent visitor to Harrisburg these days in pursuit of support for the city’s plan to increase Philadelphia’s Sales Tax and adjust the city pension fund to balance the FY2010 budget. Are citizens on board with these ideas, or not? Find out in the first Philadelphia Budget Challenge report, a survey of the budget choices made during the first 30 days of the web-based, interactive budget balancing program. ...more

  • New Press Release

    "Tight Times, Tough Choices"


    It's budget season for the Commonwealth, too, and to help people better understand the tough choices the Governor and the Legislature face, the Penn Project for Civic Engagement, WHYY, and the Economy League held a televised town hall meeting on April 30, which aired on WHYY 12.

    In February, Governor Rendell announced that future revenues are predicted to be down significantly, and in his budget he proposed cutbacks throughout state government. Economy League executive director Steve Wray briefed the participants and provided a Budget Primer to help guide the discussion. ...more

100 Years of the Economy League

100 Years of the Economy League


“Philadelphians are not short of intelligence: they are chronically short of facts," stated the Economy League at its 40-year mark.

Take a trip in the wayback machine to see how the region’s oldest public policy research organization came into being.