‘Line’ Items: French Open Edition
Clay Masterpiece – Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played yet another classic tennis match yesterday, with Nadal once again emerging victorious...
Taxes
Taking a Closer Look at the Charitable Deduction
Though recent discussion about "spending in the tax code" has brought fresh attention to tax expenditures, much of the discussion has bee
It Depends on What You Mean by 'Almost as Large'
It seems like we are having Social Security deja vu.
Biden Group Talks Update: Searching for More Cuts and Talking Triggers
The Biden group of debt negotiations
‘Line’ Items: Playoffs Edition
Crunch Time – The playoffs are well underway in the NBA and NHL.
May 11, 2011 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics| Budgets & Projections| Budget Process| Social Security| Taxes
Between the ‘Line’s: Meetings, Plans, Halfsies and One Cent
No Deficit of Talk – At least there no longer is a deficit of discussion when it comes to our fiscal situation.
‘Line’ Items: May Flowers Edition
What Will Bloom This Month? – In April we were showered with fiscal policy developments: namely, a last-minute FY 2011 budget deal; a deluge of...
Martin Feldstein: Raise Taxes, but Not Tax Rates
An op-ed in today's New York Times by Harvard economics profe
Between the ‘Line’s: Limits, Meetings, Triggers, and Cloture
Bumping Up on the Debt Ceiling – On Monday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sent a
‘Line’ Items: Tax Day Edition
Happy Tax Day – Today is about the consequences of procrastination for the great many waiting until the last minute to file