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MY VIEW: Laura Tyson June 26 2013
With the G8 summit over and the G20 summit approaching, CRFB board member and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Laura Tyson takes a...
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MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel June 2013
The recent revisions to the CBO projections improved our short-run outlook, a welcomed development, but they have also triggered a wave of...
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MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle June 2013
At times, the fiscal debate can be confusing, as it is often set up as a simplistic contest between an argument for austerity against an argument for...
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MY VIEW: Jim Kolbe June 2013
One of the most important truths to remember is that today's budget will not only define the decisions of today, but also to some extent determine the...
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MY VIEW: Marc Goldwein June 2013
The new Social Security Trustees Report leaves us another year closer to the trust fund's insolvency and the takeaway remains the same - we do not...
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MY VIEW: Ed Rendell
With previously enacted deficit reduction and the economic recovery helping our short-term fiscal outlook, it may be tempting for lawmakers to put the...
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MY VIEW: Laura Tyson May 2013
In a piece for Project Syndicate, former Council of Economic Advisers chair and CRFB board member Laura Tyson discusses the recent slowdown in health...
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Marc Goldwein and Ed Lorenzen: Measuring Inflation Right is Both Fair and Accurate
In the past, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has made adjustments to the Consumer Price Index without much controversy. But due to the method of...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson April 2013
Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), the two former co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission, have spent the last two and a half year...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas April 26 2013
Putting debt on a sustainable path has been a key issue in Washington ever since the Fiscal Commission showed that a bold compromise would be needed...
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MY VIEW: Ed Lorenzen April 2013
Today, Moment of Truth Project Director Ed Lorenzen published an op-ed responding to a recent piece from Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times...
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MY VIEW: Pete Peterson
In today's Politico, CRFB board member and former Secretary of Commerce Pete Peterson calls for a long-term solution to our national debt, which...