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Washington Post Makes the Case for Fiscal Space
When the financial crisis began at the end of 2007, it soon became clear that the government would need to run higher deficits in response. Tax...
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A Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Overlapping Payments in UI and DI
Bipartisanship will be a crucial element when it comes to reforming Social Security and achieving other budget related reforms in the near future. In...
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Boskin on Debt and Growth
In light of the recent controversy over the findings from economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff on the relationship between debt and growth, there...
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Reinhart and Rogoff Release Errata
Economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University have issued an erratum to their 2010 paper, “ Growth in a Time of Debt.” Their...
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Event Recap: The 2013 Fiscal Summit
Today, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation held its third annual Fiscal Summit, assembling a number of prominent current and former lawmakers, experts...
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A Budgetary Look at Immigration Reform
As lawmakers gear up to debate immigration reform in the weeks and months ahead, it will likely coincide with the ongoing budget debate in Washington...
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Deficit Reduction Doesn't Need to Be Front-loaded
Regular readers of The Bottom Line are probably familiar with our goal of putting the debt on a downward path as a share of the economy over the long...
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On Reinhart and Rogoff
Harvard professors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff’s (R&R) 2010 paper, Growth in a Time of Debt, has been all over the news in the past few weeks...
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New Simpson-Bowles Plan Would Boost Economic Growth, Not Slow It
Some commentators have criticized deficit reduction plans like " A Bipartisan Path Forward" for, in their opinion, promoting austerity at a time when...
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An Interesting Analysis of Interest Rates
The Congressional Budget Office has been busy on its blog lately, posting both snapshots of federal programs and also publishing responses to...
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160 Economists and Policy Experts Call for Comprehensive Deficit Reduction
Despite a growing chorus of debt deniers, most economics continue to agree that putting in place a long-term plan to responsibly address our growing...
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Event Recap: The Atlantic Economy Summit
The Atlantic held its 2013 Economy Summit yesterday, featuring more than twenty-four speakers on tax reform, the future of entitlement programs, and...