Myths of the Deficit
By Marty Wolfson | April 23rd
Why do people think that it is more important for the government to reduce the deficit now, rather than to spend money to create jobs? Read more »
Church of Fiscal Conservatism
By Barry Deutsch | March 5th
Gospel of the Lord of the Deficit, a comic. See more »
Economic Rights, Then and Now
By Susan Feiner | Web-Only | Jan 11th
What is the state of the economic rights that FDR unveiled in his “Second Bill of Rights” 66 years ago? Read more »
Empire and Entitlements
By Arthur MacEwan | Jan 10th
Dear Dr. Dollar: In his book Colossus (2004), Niall Ferguson argues that a major problem with Social Security and Medicare is their underfunded liabilities—to the tune of $45 trillion. Can you comment on this claim? Read more »
State Budget Blues
By Marianne Hill | December 9th, 2009
States are slashing budgets to close gaps that are averaging a jaw-dropping 24% this year. Read more »
The Economic Crisis in the States
By Gerald Friedman | December 9th, 2009
Two intrinsic features of the U.S. system of government come together to threaten a social disaster. Read more »
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Deficit
By John Miller | November 17th, 2009
You would have thought the budget deficit had morphed into Dr. Strangelove’s doomsday machine from the howling that followed the publication of Congressional Budget Office projections. Read more »
Fiscal Policy and “Crowding Out”
By Alejandro Reuss | May 15, 2009
Conservative economists argue that the massive government spending required for fiscal stimulus “crowds out” private spending. What was Keynes’ response? Read more »
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Why are things getting worse?
By Arthur MacEwan | March/April 2009
Dear Dr. Dollar: I learned in my economics classes that in a market economy, problems tend to be self-correcting. So why don’t we see this kind of self-correction now? Read more »
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War Spending, Deficits, and Economic Stimulus
By Arthur MacEwan | March/April 2008
Dear Dr. Dollar: Doesn't all the war spending stimulate the economy? And shouldn't the Bush tax cuts do the same? So why are we falling into recession? Read more »
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Dollar Anxiety
By John Miller | Jan/Feb 2005
Global economic and military muscle allows the United States to be a debtor nation without paying the consequences. But will it last? Read more »
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State Budgets in Crisis
By Ben Boothby | May/June 2003
How states are coping with the worst budget deficits since the Great Depression. Read more »
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Balancing the Budgets: Who Will Pay?
By Chuck Collins| Mar/Apr 2002
How can states solve their fiscal dilemmas? By shifting the tax burden onto the well-to-do. Read more »
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