Papers

Note (3/17/2020): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes an economic and...

Below is a Chartbook that corresponds to the paper " Promoting Economic Growth through Social Security Reform":

By Marc Goldwein, Maya MacGuineas, and Chris Towner Executive Summary As the population ages and an increasing share of Americans exit the workforce...

The national debt currently is the highest it has been as a share of the economy since just after World War II, and it is rising rapidly. This high...

The winner of the 2020 presidential election will begin his or her term facing a daunting fiscal situation. High deficits and debt, depleting trust...

The United States is in the midst of one of the longest periods of sustained economic growth in its history, but there are signs that this prolonged...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated Budget and Economic Outlook, showing that the national debt is on an unsustainable...

Below is a letter sent today from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas to leaders of the Senate Finance Committee...

A group of nearly 100 distinguished health and economic policy experts from across the ideological spectrum joined together to warn the Senate against...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term Budget Outlook, again confirming the budget’s unsustainable long-term trajectory...

Due to the large temporary increase in discretionary spending levels for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, spending is...

This paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by Congress about how the federal government...