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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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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The United Nations Is Not Exempt from Budget Belt Tightening

Mar 3, 1986 12 min read

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A Tax Hike Is No Cure for the Deficit

Feb 28, 1986 9 min read

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Privatizing Federal Services: A Primer Stuart M.

Feb 20, 1986 19 min read

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Policy Review #35 - Winter 1986 James Phillips

Jan 1, 1986 1 min read

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Narrowing the U.S. Trade Deficit by Antitrust Reforms James L.

Dec 12, 1985 3 min read

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Breaking the Entitlements Deadlock with a Presidential Commission S. Anna; Moore

Nov 13, 1985 15 min read

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Preparing for the Post-Volcker Era at the Fed David I.

Oct 22, 1985 21 min read

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The Deficit Control Act: A First Victory in the War on the Deficit Juliana Geran

Oct 16, 1985 3 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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