Papers

Forbes | March 28, 2013 In a pleasantly surprising move, the normally moribund Congress passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government for...

The Cincinnati Enquirer | March 25, 2013 Ohio’s congressional delegation must get serious about fixing the debt. In this time of serial self-inflicted...

The two goals reinforce each other and neither can be achieved without the other. Weak economic growth—or worse, sliding back into recession—will...

This report was originally published 05/11/2011 and has been updated on 12/12/2012.

The Hill | March 18, 2013 Robert Zoellick, the past head of the World Bank, is fond of telling the story of how the Foreign Minister of Australia said...

USA Today | March 13, 2013 Just as Republicans and Democrats are poised for the next battle to bring down deficits through their budget proposals, a...

New York Times | March 8, 2013 The sequester – the large, across-the-board cuts in federal government spending that began to take effect on March 1...

Forbes | February 26, 2013 Barring an unexpected breakthrough agreement between the Democratic Senate and the Republican House, the federal budget...

The Government We Deserve | February 20, 2013 In last week’s State of the Union speech, President Obama put great emphasis on expanding early...

US News & World Report | February 20, 2012 My old pal Erskine Bowles and I were deeply disappointed by the failure to reach agreement on a long-term...

CNN | February 16, 2013 This week the president faced the American people to talk about, among other things, the budget. He said the right things...