Budget and Spending

Issue

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

Personal Inflation Calculator

Copied

SPECIAL REPORT

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

Sep 21, 2023 Over an hour read

Read the report

BACKGROUNDER

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

Apr 18, 2024 30 min read

Author

David Ditch

Read the report

report

Congress Faces Pressure to Surrender Pork for Flood Relief Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.

Sep 15, 2005 4 min read

report

Examples of Government Waste Brian M. Riedl

Sep 14, 2005 3 min read

report

A "Victory" Over Wasteful Spending? Hardly Brian M. Riedl

Sep 14, 2005 4 min read

report

President's Plan to Consolidate Federal Economic Development Programs Is Long... Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.

Feb 7, 2005 3 min read

report

Another Pork-Laden Omnibus Spending Bill

Nov 22, 2004 2 min read

report

Is Pork Barrel Spending Ready to Explode? The Anatomy of an Earmark Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.

Nov 10, 2004 4 min read

report

"PART" of the Solution: The Performance Assessment Ratings Tool

Feb 9, 2004 5 min read

report

Another Omnibus Spending Bill Loaded with Pork Brian M. Riedl

Dec 2, 2003 1 min read

Experts on Budget and Spending

See all experts

Rachel Greszler

Senior Research Fellow, Roe Institute

Parker Sheppard, PhD

Research Fellow, Center for Data Analysis

@parkersheppard

Richard Stern

Acting Director, Roe Institute and Director, Hermann Center

Budget and Spending