Budget and Spending

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Federal spending has grown rapidly over the last decade, leading to substantial budget deficits that have crippled the economy and financially harmed Americans.

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The Road to Inflation: How an Unprecedented Federal Spending Spree Created Economic Turmoil

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BACKGROUNDER

Funding Leftism: The Biden’s Administration’s Bureaucratic Radicalism

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David Ditch

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Questions Raised by the CBO Report Salim Furth, Ph.D.

Feb 5, 2013 4 min read

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Fiscal Cliff Deal Added $47 Billion in Spending Patrick Louis Knudsen

Jan 10, 2013 5 min read

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U.S. Government Increases National Debt—and Keeps 128 Million People on Gover...

Jan 8, 2013 7 min read

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Six Bipartisan Entitlement Reforms to Solve the Real Fiscal Crisis: Only Pres...

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What Bernanke’s Policy Says about Obama’s Economy J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Sep 25, 2012 2 min read

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Bernanke’s Quantitative Easing: Wrong Medicine for an Ailing Economy J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Sep 13, 2012 4 min read

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What Debt Crisis? A Default Primer for Governments Salim Furth, Ph.D.

Jul 24, 2012 12 min read

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The President’s 2013 Budget: More Troubling Tax Increases in the Fine Print Curtis S. Dubay

Jun 25, 2012 9 min read

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Rachel Greszler

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Parker Sheppard, PhD

Research Fellow, Center for Data Analysis

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Richard Stern

Acting Director, Roe Institute and Director, Hermann Center

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