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Pay As You Go and the Tax Cuts
Read moreContinuing in our discussion of (what we believe to be the most important!) Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates leading up to this coming Tuesday's... -
Establishing Goals and Demolishing Myths
Read moreLast week CRFB provided Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates on fiscal policy as a way to help voters gauge how serious a candidate truly is regarding... -
How to Build a Fiscal Consolidation Package: Some Lessons from the IMF
Read more“Virtually all advanced economies are likely to conduct fiscal consolidation at some point in the future to put their fiscal positions back on a... -
A Letter in Support of Raising the Retirement Age
Read moreNine months since the creation of the Fiscal Commission, we are now just one month away from the scheduled release of its report/recommendations. For... -
CNN Money Exclusive: Britain's Austerity: 4 Lessons for Washington
Read moreCRFB President Maya MacGuineas has another commentary on CNN Money, discussing Britain's fiscal austerity plan, setting the right place and the... -
Standard and Poor's Upgrades British Debt Outlook
Read moreToday, Standard and Poor’s reaffirmed their rating of the U.K.'s AAA debt instruments in response to the UK’s recently devised fiscal consolidation... -
Blinder on the Fiscal Policy Paradox
Read moreIn an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, Alan Blinder discusses his frustrations with what he dubs the “fiscal policy paradox”: that the economy... -
Demagoguing 101: Social Security
Read moreWith the November elections just two weeks, demagoguing has reached a fever pitch. So, predictably, when the SSA sent a letter to Rep. Earl Pomeroy... -
Op-Ed: Britain's Austerity: 4 Lessons For Washington
Read moreCNN Money | October 25, 2010 Commentary: Maya MacGuineas is the director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Foundation. The Brits sure... -
Two More Members For the Announcement Effect Club
Read moreDavid Chavern of the Chamber of Commerce and Christina Romer, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), both joined the Announcement... -
‘Line’ Items: October Surprise Edition
Read moreSurprises We Want to See – With pivotal mid-term elections next week that will decide control of Congress, observers are awaiting this year’s “October... -
Geithner Supports U.S. Medium-Term Fiscal Targets at the G-20
Read moreWe at CRFB applaud Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s support of medium-term fiscal targets, in the run-up to this weekend’s meeting of G-20 finance...