Dr. Tim Michaelis, a professor of management at Northern Illinois University, said past economic downturns changed the way consumers spent money for the rest of their lives. “One generation from the Great Depression remained relatively frugal throughout their entire lives and I am curious if that is going to have the same effect now."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.