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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Commentary

Money Won't Buy Political Victory Brian M. Riedl

Nov 1, 2006 2 min read

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A Better Measure of Long-Term Spending: FASAB Proposes Changes inAccounting f... Alison Acosta Fraser

Oct 31, 2006 8 min read

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Stop snarling -- the wolf isn't at our doors just yet Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Oct 26, 2006 2 min read

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Fiscal Policy Lessons from Europe Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.

Oct 25, 2006 About an hour read

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Executive Summary: Fiscal Policy Lessons from Europe Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.

Oct 25, 2006 3 min read

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What If We Threw an Economic Boom and Nobody Noticed? Michael Franc

Oct 21, 2006 3 min read

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What Spending Cannot Buy Brian M. Riedl

Oct 19, 2006 3 min read

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Still Spending: Senate Set to Bust Budget Caps by $32 Billion Brian M. Riedl

Sep 25, 2006 6 min read

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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