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David Wessel Explains the Fiscal Cliff (On a Cliff)
David Wessel, economics editor for The Wall Street Journal, has produced a fiscal cliff primer video. Wessel covers everything from why the cliff...
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Line Items: Frankenstorm Edition
Storm Brewing – The Northeastern U.S. is being impacted by the freak concurrence of several major storms that has caused major population centers like...
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Could We Go Bungee Jumping Off the Fiscal Cliff?
It 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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Medicaid Spending Growth At "Near-Record Low" for FY 2012
Though it seems we are far away from reaching a comprehensive debt deal, we can, at least for the moment, breathe a little sigh of relief. A recent...
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Medicaid Physician Payments Add to Year-End Uncertainty
When we talk about policy uncertainty these days, most of the time we are referring to the fiscal cliff. However, several other policies remain in...
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President Obama Comments on the Possibility of a Grand Bargain
In an initially off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register, President Obama outlined his vision for his second term. As you would expect...
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Getting Closer: Fiscal Cliff Number One Concern for Investors
Wonkblog's Suzy Khimm reports on two new surveys showing that investor concern over the fiscal cliff has well overtaken their concern about Europe's...
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Line Items: Debate Edition
Up for Debate – Election 2012 is entering the final stretch and it is still up for grabs. The presidential contest has been marked more by missteps...
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Why Debt Matters for National Security
Tonight is the last presidential debate with questions focused on foreign policy, but it would be a mistake to forget about debt. Our foreign policy...
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Alarms Grow Louder as Fiscal Cliff Draws Closer
This blog has been cross-posted at FixTheDebt.org. It may not be as popular as Justin Bieber, but the fiscal cliff is getting plenty of notice as of...
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Bipartisan Policy Center Releases a "Framework for a Grand Bargain"
With Congress in recess until after the elections, a plan to replace the fiscal cliff with a comprehensive debt deal will have to get done during the...
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Op-Ed: Governing After Over-Promising
The Government We Deserve | October 18, 2012 For almost anyone following closely our presidential candidates’ statements, it is absolutely clear that...