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

Sep 21, 2023 Over an hour read

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BACKGROUNDER

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

Apr 18, 2024 30 min read

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David Ditch

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Should the Disadvantaged Be Spared from the Budget Axe? Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.

Mar 8, 2011 7 min read

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Take the Austerity Cure: G-20 Should Resist U.S. Efforts to Spread More Debt ... James M. Roberts

Nov 9, 2010 4 min read

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Slay the Beast: How You Can Save Us from the Massive Debt

Sep 28, 2010 18 min read

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Tort Reform in the States: Protecting Consumers and Enhancing Economic Growth

Apr 15, 2010 30 min read

Commentary

Why Spending Stimulus Plans Fail Brian M. Riedl

Nov 19, 2008 3 min read

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Why Government Spending Does Not Stimulate Economic Growth Brian M. Riedl

Nov 12, 2008 14 min read

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CBO Confirms: Long-Run Fiscal Outlook Remains Grim J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Dec 17, 2007 7 min read

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A Modest Proposal: How to Offset More than Half of the President's Tax Cut Brian M. Riedl

Apr 9, 2003 7 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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