Flirting with Default: Issues Raised by Debt Confrontations in the United States
A new collection of papers, prepared by the PIIE, explores the consequences of sustained U.S. fiscal uncertainty on the national and global economy.
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A new collection of papers, prepared by the PIIE, explores the consequences of sustained U.S. fiscal uncertainty on the national and global economy.
In January 2013, a series of tax increases and spending cuts are slated to go into effect automatically and all at once. Many are calling this major fiscal policy shift the "Fiscal Cliff." If all of the changes are allowed to proceed, future budget deficits would be substantially reduced. However, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has forecast that the economy would be thrown into recession in 2013 — an outcome that threatens our still-fragile economic recovery.
Learn about Peterson Foundation projects designed to address America's long-term fiscal and economic challenges.
Eric Toder (Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center) and Alan Viard (American Enterprise Institute) discuss the flaws in the U.S. corporate tax system and propose two options for reform.
The State Budget Crisis Task Force released the first-ever comprehensive report detailing threats to states' fiscal sustainability and actions that can be taken to address them.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/state-budget-crisis-task-force-announcement
In 2008, Emory University received funding from the Foundation to create and support the work of the Center for Entitlement Reform.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/improving-health-care-value
The Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform's second report, Getting Back in the Black, offers a detailed set of options to reform the federal budget process.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/peterson-pew-commission-report
The Fiscal Ship challenges you to put the federal budget on a sustainable course.
The nation’s schools teachers feel ill-prepared to teach basic federal budget terms and engage students in public policy questions to promote active citizenship.
The Coalition for Fiscal and National Security urges policymakers to stabilize our national debt and renew and rebalance our national security strategies.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/2016-cfns-statement