Papers

The Hill | October 29, 2013 The recent budget showdown was both completely predictable and totally avoidable, as was the resulting damage to our...

Forbes | October 25, 2013 Each house passed a budget for FY 2014. Those budgets were miles apart but neither house showed any interest in negotiating...

The Washington Post | October 25, 2013 The Post’s Oct. 20 editorial on the budget challenge [ “A fiscal quid pro quo”] made important points but was...

This year, Congress made it a priority to pass a concurrent budget resolution. Both the House of Representatives and Senate passed their own budget...

zpolitics | October 17, 2013 As we finally emerge from what was simply the most recent in a long series of short-term fiscal crises, it is abundantly...

The Weekly Wonk | October 10, 2013 Last week, the government of the richest and most powerful nation in the world shut off its lights and closed its...

New York Times | October 9, 2013 As we enter the second week of the government shutdown, one area of government waste has been clearly exposed: the...

The Hill | October 9, 2013 We are on a collision course with financial calamity. A first-time-ever failure to extend the federal debt limit would lead...

Star Tribune | October 5, 2013 Here we are again, watching as our national leaders engage in another fiscal fistfight. Partisan rancor, sadly, is now...

Public Finance International | October 1, 2013 The US government, and large parts of American society, have strayed from the principles and values on...