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2018 Fiscal Summit: Debt Matters
As campaigns for the 2018 midterm elections get underway within a rapidly changing policy environment, the ninth-annual Fiscal Summit convened voices from across the political and ideological spectrum to examine the urgent need for a fiscal reset that puts America on a sustainable course for economic growth and prosperity.
As interest rates continue to rise and we return to trillion-dollar deficits as early as next year, we will face increased budgetary pressures. Absent a change in course, we will confront reduced public and private investments, less flexibility to deal with future crises, and diminishing economic opportunities for Americans.
Now, while the economy is strong, it is time to face the challenge anew, and reset our priorities to create the conditions for sustained economic growth and prosperity into the future. The 2018 Fiscal Summit reiterated the urgent need for a fiscal reset, and examined how we can refocus the nation on building a fiscally sustainable path for America.
PARTICIPANTS
Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Member, Committee on the Judiciary; Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Senator David Perdue (R-GA)
Member, Committee on the Budget, Joint Select Committee on Budget & Appropriations Process Reform
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
House Democratic Leader
Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY)
Co-chair, Problem Solvers Caucus
Representative Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
Member, Problem Solvers Caucus; Vice Chair, New Democrat Coalition
Ernest J. Moniz
Co-Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Former U.S. Secretary of Energy (2013-2017)
Heather Boushey
Executive Director and Chief Economist,
Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Terry Dinan
Senior Advisor, Congressional Budget Office
Robert Doar
Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies,
American Enterprise Institute
Simon Johnson
Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship,
MIT Sloan School of Management
Mark Hugo Lopez
Director of Global Migration and Demography,
Pew Research Center
Aparna Mathur
Resident Scholar in Economic Policy,
American Enterprise Institute
Adele Morris
Policy Director of Climate and Energy Economics Project,
Brookings Institution
Deanna Mulligan
President and CEO, The Guardian Life Insurance Company
Steven Rattner
Chairman and CEO, Willett Advisors LLC
David Wessel
Director, Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution
Kimberly Adams
Senior Reporter,
Marketplace
Greg Ip
Chief Economics Commentator,
The Wall Street Journal
Jim Tankersley
Tax and Economics Reporter, The New York Times
Erica Werner
Congressional Reporter, The Washington Post