Budget deficit

You can’t go five minutes without reading press accounts that characterize the Obama-Boehner budgetary prescription — now’s the time to start on $4 trillion in debt reduction — as “ambitious.” Is there anything less ambitious than plans to guarantee that our children and our grandchildren will live less well than we do?

A refreshing departure from the standard "he said, she said" model that assesses whether any evidence supports a new corporate tax holiday proposal. Reporter serves readers by standing outside the framework of corporate talking points, providing historical perspective.

To curb excesses, could capital controls again limit the ability of skittish bond investors to flee?

The faux commercial from SNL's early days was directed at Big Oil. Now, some economists wonder whether bipartisan focus on "reassuring investors" holds U.S. democracy hostage.

Next month, voters in some New Jersey towns will decide whether to raise their own property taxes beyond a state-mandated two percent cap or to continue to cut services. But are those really the only two choices?

A Reuters blogger bucks the Beltway consensus and explains why Social Security isn’t driving the federal deficit. The program itself has built up a surplus worth trillions, which policy-makers have borrowed and spent against for other purposes. But on the same day, other outlets continue to spread Social Security panic.

A poll question featuring constrained choices prompts unsupported press claims, but other surveys suggest that public support for government spending remains strong.

Peter G. Peterson's concerns about budget deficits now lie at the heart of a “fiscal responsibility” high school curriculum being developed by Teachers College thanks to Peterson Foundation funding.

Peter G. Peterson's concerns about budget deficits now lie at the heart of a “fiscal responsibility” high school curriculum being developed by Teachers College thanks to Peterson Foundation funding.