Making Tough Fiscal Choices to Protect Future Generations
"A fiscal commission is most likely to succeed if the broader public is involved in the process," writes Sita Slavov.
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"A fiscal commission is most likely to succeed if the broader public is involved in the process," writes Sita Slavov.
Innovative next-gen campaign raises awareness among college students, policymakers about the impact of U.S. fiscal and economic policy issues on their future.
They are burdened by record student debt. They are entering the workforce during a time of unprecedented economic uncertainty, in a nation with crumbling infrastructure, a climate in crisis, and rising inequality.
In 2008, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation was established with the goal of preserving the American Dream for the next generation. My father saw our high and rising debt as a transcendent threat to our future economy – posing a risk to every American, and our leadership role in the world.
The Fiscal Internship Program engages college students in fiscal policy by providing them with first-hand research experience at public policy institutions in Washington, D.C.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/pgpf-fiscal-internship-program-in-washington-dc
"The rise in the cost of servicing the debt is the significant challenge . . . threatening to crowd out federal spending priorities," writes Dana M. Peterson and Lori Esposito Murray.
https://www.pgpf.org/expert-views/fiscal-commission/the-debt-crisis-is-here
We can’t return to the low-inflation, low-interest rate world; we can only go forward through the wormhole the pandemic opened.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed major U.S. healthcare issues from lack of preparedness to inequities in impact and access, but key lessons can help improve the system going forward, according to two leading experts.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/events/economic-forum/the-us-healthcare-system
Five students from The University of Texas-Pan American have been awarded first prize in the nationwide 2014 Up to Us campus competition — a five-week challenge that gives a voice to young leaders on fiscal issues.
Debt will continue to accumulate unless reforms are undertaken.