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‘Line’ Items: ‘Now What?’ Edition
After the Voting – In case you were sleeping, there was an election last week. As a result of the mid-terms, Republicans will control the U.S. House...
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Election Analysis from a Fiscal Perspective
The fiscal implications of Tuesday’s election are enormous. With pressure to improve the economy continuing to mount, the 112th Congress will arrive...
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MarketWatch: November 1-5, 2010
All eyes have been on the Fed this week. And the Fed delivered, with more ammunition than expected for its second round of quantitative easing (known...
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New Congress Should Fix The Broken Budget Process
With fresh faces coming to Capitol Hill next year, it is a perfect time for innovative thinking. Given Congress’s recent dismal track record on fiscal...
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Hope for Cooperation?
With the election behind us, our elected leaders are beginning to outline an agenda for the incoming Congress (though lawmakers cannot overlook the...
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Agreeing with Rubin
Bob Rubin, former Clinton Treasury Secretary, had an opinion piece in the Financial Times on Monday that made a lot of points we certainly agree with...
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CNN Money Exclusive: Dear Speaker Boehner
CRFB President Maya MacGuineas has another commentary on CNN Money, urging policymakers to get specific on ideas to solve America's debt crisis. You...
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Congress’s To Do List: OMG
With the mid-term election behind us, the current Congress still has work to do. Lawmakers may address a huge number of issues when they return in two...
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EU Votes on Promising Sustainability Plan
Last week, the heads of the EU governments agreed on groundbreaking steps to prevent Greece-style fiscal meltdowns from ever happening again and to...
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Op-Ed: Dear Speaker Boehner
CNN Money | November 3, 2010 Commentary: Maya MacGuineas is the director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Fou ndation. Welcome to the...
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The Fed Takes Another Big Step to Boost the Economy
As widely expected (and priced into the markets), the Fed decided at its monetary policy committee meeting today that it would increase purchases of...
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Three Andrews in Support of Raising the Early Retirement Age
Andrew Biggs has an interesting piece out at the American Enterprise Institute that has been generating some attention (see Ezra Klein’s comments here...