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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...
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The Economic Effects of Avoiding (Much of) the Fiscal Cliff
Read moreUpdate: CBO confirmed our numbers today, finding a remaining fiscal contraction of about 1 1/4 percent . The American Taxpayer Relief Act which...
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Op-Ed: Steps to Fiscal Responsiblity
Read moreThe Hill | December 14, 2012 While avoiding the “fiscal cliff” is essential to near-term recovery and job growth, it is just the first step to...
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QE 3.1: The Fed Gets Specific
Read moreIn September, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a third round of quantitative easing, consisting of purchases of mortgage-backed...
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Op-Ed: Five Myths About the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Read moreWashington Post | November 16, 2012 At the end of the year, the country faces an abrupt series of broad tax increases and blunt cuts to most federal...
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Op-Ed: Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Is Good Policy—If You Like Unemployment
Read moreU.S. News and World Report | November 16, 2012 Don't even think about it! Falling off the fiscal cliff would be an economic disaster for the United...
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Could We Go Bungee Jumping Off the Fiscal Cliff?
Read moreIt is a point of consensus among those following the budget that the fiscal cliff would likely be very damaging for the economy in the short term...
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Changes to Income-Based Repayment for Student Loans: "Safety Net or Windfall?"
Read moreOur colleagues Jason Delisle and Alex Holt of the New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project have released a new paper "Safety Net or...
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Social Security Adjustments Announced Today
Read moreWith the release of September inflation numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Social Security Administration also announced its cost-of...
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Quantifying the Effects of Uncertainty
Read moreWe have seen many lawmakers and business leaders claim that the fiscal cliff is holding back the recovery and leading to higher unemployment, and in...