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More Economists in Favor of Smart Debt Reduction
A recent blog post by International Monetary Fund (IMF) economists Carlo Cottarelli and Philip Gerson on the IMF Direct blog highlights the importance...
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Op-Ed: A Compromise For the Nation
The Hill | February 2, 2013 The president says he is going to spend the first few months of his second term traveling the country attacking...
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Doing More Than Just Hitting the Target
Our blog yesterday noted that the debate over stimulus versus deficit reduction is much more nuanced than is often portrayed. Although these positions...
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MY VIEW: Rudy Penner February 2013
In a Tax Policy Center blog, Urban Institute fellow and former CBO director Rudy Penner makes the case for going beyond the amount of deficit...
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Op-Ed: The Risks of Dumbing Down Fiscal Goals
TaxVox | February 1, 2013 In one of the more dangerous fiscal developments of recent months, some on the left are defining successful deficit...
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Economists in Favor of Smart Deficit Reduction
A recent op-ed from Joe Scarborough in Politico has brought back attention to the stimulus vs. deficit reduction debate. Some commentators like Paul...
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Bowles: National Debt Threatens U.S. Innovation
In an interview with Forbes contributor Henry Doss, former Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles explains just how our unsustainable debt...
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How Far We Have to Go on Deficit Reduction
In 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...
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Op-Ed: Bipartisan Compromise Needed to Get America's Fiscal House in Order
Patriot 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...
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Peterson Foundation Analyzes the Fiscal Cliff Deal
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation has released a new report on the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) and its effect on the long-term outlook...
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How the Sequester Looks After the Fiscal Cliff Deal
Along 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...
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Op-Ed: Our Imperfect Work
The Government We Deserve | January 23, 2013 “We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect,” Barack Obama proclaimed in his second inaugural...