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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...
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How Much Is the Economy Contributing to Deficits?
Last Friday, the CBO released a report showing how much the business cycle has affected budget deficits since 1960. The report shows the effect that...
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The OECD and Robert Solow on the Effects of Debt
As our national debt and deficit continue to rise, a question that continues to be on many people’s minds is how rising debt levels impact the economy...
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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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The Economic Effects of Avoiding (Much of) the Fiscal Cliff
Update: CBO confirmed our numbers today, finding a remaining fiscal contraction of about 1 1/4 percent . The American Taxpayer Relief Act which...
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QE 3.1: The Fed Gets Specific
In September, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a third round of quantitative easing, consisting of purchases of mortgage-backed...
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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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Changes to Income-Based Repayment for Student Loans: "Safety Net or Windfall?"
Our colleagues Jason Delisle and Alex Holt of the New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project have released a new paper "Safety Net or...
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Social Security Adjustments Announced Today
With the release of September inflation numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Social Security Administration also announced its cost-of...
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Quantifying the Effects of Uncertainty
We have seen many lawmakers and business leaders claim that the fiscal cliff is holding back the recovery and leading to higher unemployment, and in...
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Event Recap: "Economic and Foreign Policy Implications of America's Debt"
The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted an event today chaired by former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), who is a member of the steering...