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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SPECIAL REPORT

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

Author

David Ditch

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Commentary

Fixed-Income Assets Can’t Be Left Out of the Picture EJ Antoni

Nov 19, 2024 1 min read

Commentary

Inflation May Be Cooling, but the Damage Has Been Done Paul Mullen

Nov 13, 2024 3 min read

Factsheet

Why Congress Should Fix, Not Eliminate, Social Security’s WEP and GPO Rachel Greszler

Nov 8, 2024 2 min read

Commentary

Seniors Are Getting Crushed by Washington’s Recklessness EJ Antoni

Nov 8, 2024 3 min read

Commentary

Government Delivered Inflation—but No Real Aid—in North Carolina

Nov 8, 2024 2 min read

Commentary

Poor Americans Disproportionately Crushed by Biden-Harris Inflation Austin Gae

Nov 5, 2024 4 min read

Commentary

Inflation Artificially Pumps Up the Stock Market Alexander Frei

Oct 31, 2024 3 min read

Commentary

The Art of the Tariff Deal—Another Way Trump Can Boost Our Economy

Oct 24, 2024 3 min read

Experts on Budget and Spending

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Rachel Greszler

Senior Research Fellow, Roe Institute

Parker Sheppard, PhD, PhD

Director, Center for Data Analysis

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David Ditch

Senior Policy Analyst, Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

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Richard Stern

Director, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

Thomas Dans

Visiting Fellow, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom

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Budget and Spending