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Op-Ed: A Compromise For the Nation
Read moreThe Hill | February 2, 2013 The president says he is going to spend the first few months of his second term traveling the country attacking... -
Doing More Than Just Hitting the Target
Read moreOur blog yesterday noted that the debate over stimulus versus deficit reduction is much more nuanced than is often portrayed. Although these positions... -
MY VIEW: Rudy Penner February 2013
Read moreIn a Tax Policy Center blog, Urban Institute fellow and former CBO director Rudy Penner makes the case for going beyond the amount of deficit... -
Op-Ed: The Risks of Dumbing Down Fiscal Goals
Read moreTaxVox | February 1, 2013 In one of the more dangerous fiscal developments of recent months, some on the left are defining successful deficit... -
Economists in Favor of Smart Deficit Reduction
Read moreA recent op-ed from Joe Scarborough in Politico has brought back attention to the stimulus vs. deficit reduction debate. Some commentators like Paul... -
Bowles: National Debt Threatens U.S. Innovation
Read moreIn an interview with Forbes contributor Henry Doss, former Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles explains just how our unsustainable debt... -
How Far We Have to Go on Deficit Reduction
Read moreIn the past few weeks, we have made the case for putting debt on a downward path as a percent of GDP as a goal for the next round of deficit reduction... -
Op-Ed: Bipartisan Compromise Needed to Get America's Fiscal House in Order
Read morePatriot News | January 29, 2013 We are in a state of stupor over the federal budget. No, it’s not we citizens. But, rather, it’s our federal elected... -
Peterson Foundation Analyzes the Fiscal Cliff Deal
Read moreThe Peter G. Peterson Foundation has released a new report on the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) and its effect on the long-term outlook... -
How the Sequester Looks After the Fiscal Cliff Deal
Read moreAlong with a two month delay until March 1, the fiscal cliff deal reduced the across-the-board cuts under sequestration for 2013 by $24 billion... -
Op-Ed: Our Imperfect Work
Read moreThe Government We Deserve | January 23, 2013 “We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect,” Barack Obama proclaimed in his second inaugural... -
Hindsight is 20/20: A Look Back at CBO's Economic Forecasting
Read moreOur recent blog " Putting the Debt on a Downward Path" emphasizes how changes in economic projections can affect the budget for better or for worse...