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Once again, policy-watchers and policymakers are fired up over whether Social Security needs to be fixed anytime soon. Some resort to pretty arcane...

The recent introduction of the BUILD Act to create a national infrastructure bank to help finance infrastructure improvements has started a needed...

Meet Edna, a 75-year-old fictitious senior citizen. In the third installment of our "Meet the Generations" series, we take a look how policymakers'...

In her recent column, Ruth Marcus, of The Washington Post declared: “Don’t call me a deficit hawk. Call me a deficit panda.” Seeking a cuddlier image...

Students at Stanford University, under the guidance of Comeback America Initiative (CAI) CEO and CRFB board member David Walker, have developed a...

One year ago on Wednesday, the health care reform legislation (or PPACA, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was passed by Congress...

In a new paper released by The Pew Charitable Trusts, George Mason University Professor (and Peterson-Pew Commission consultant) Paul Posner addresses...

Last week, CBO showed that the President's Budget was way too optimistic about its projections of deficits and debt. But CBO's findings would not have...

In her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas expresses increasing - but still cautious - optimism about the possibility of a...

Along with CBO's preliminary analysis of the President's Budget on Friday came an update in CBO's baseline, which actually shows a $234 billion...

Madness in Washington – The down-to-the-wire finishes, Hail Marys and upsets in DC weren’t confined to the Verizon Center. Capitol Hill is...