Explainers
Nov 8, 2010
Budget Basics: Spending Primer
The U.S. spent $187 billion on interest payments alone in 2009.
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Press Releases & Statements
Feb 13, 2015
Thousands of College Students Unite to Offer 'My Two Cents'
My Two Cents Day, part of the Up to Us campaign sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) and Net Impact, is a student-led effort to engage, educate and inspire action among the generation most impacted by the nation’s long term fiscal and economic health.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2015/02/thousands-of-college-students-unite-to-offer-my-two-cents
Analysis
Apr 2, 2014
Clinton Global Initiative event featuring Up to Us, new defense budget report, and more
University of Texas-Pan American is the winner of the 2014 Up to Us nationwide college campus competition, a joint project of the Peterson Foundation.
Press Releases & Statements
Jul 9, 2015
USA Today Op-Ed: America Can't Afford Greek Complacency
Peter G. Peterson pens an op-ed for USA Today.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/usa-today-op-ed-america-cant-afford-greek-complacency
Analysis
Nov 9, 2010
Improving Health Care
The rapid growth in health care costs is the largest and fastest growing fiscal challenge.
Grants
Jun 13, 2015
Report: Truth and Integrity in State Budgeting
The Volcker Alliance, building off prior work by the State Budget Crisis Task Force, has released a preliminary report studying fiscal practices at the state-government level.
Press Releases & Statements
Feb 19, 2014
Up to Us Announces Prominent Panel of Judges for 2014 Campus Competition
As student teams from colleges and universities are hard at work developing ways to tackle America’s fiscal challenges, the national campus-based competition Up to Us announces its 2014 panel of judges.
Programs & Projects
Dec 18, 2008
InDebtEd
InDebtEd (short for "in-debt education") is a joint campaign by PGPF and MTV's campus network, mtvU, to alert college students to the personal and governmental dangers of financial irresponsibility. The program encourages students to take action to secure their futures. The campaign's aim is to empower young people to protect themselves financially and to work together to advocate government fiscal responsibility in order to change the course of the nation's future.
Grants
Jan 14, 2014
State Budget Crisis Task Force — Final 2014 Report
The State Budget Crisis Task Force examines fiscal conditions at the state level, particularly after the 2008 global financial crisis.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/state-budget-crisis-task-force-final-2014-report
Grants
Mar 19, 2014
Strategic Agility Assessment of President's FY2015 Defense Budget
This assessment looks at how the President’s FY2015 budget request stacks up against recommendations from the Stimson Center's September 2013 report, "Strategic Agility."