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Expert Views
The Peterson Foundation’s Expert Views essay series convenes leading voices to offer ideas, insights and analysis surrounding our most pressing fiscal and economic challenges. Together, these essays are intended to help us better understand the current landscape and identify solutions.
Bipartisan Policymaking under Divided Government
As Washington faces closely divided government in 2023, the nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation is convened respected policy experts to help break the gridlock. This set of eight essays highlight a range of ideas on how to make progress on key fiscal and economic goals. The authors include leaders from across the political spectrum, offering historical context and practical advice to help lawmakers rise above the politics to make bipartisan progress.
Inflation, Interest and the National Debt
America faces an array of complex fiscal and economic challenges, including high inflation, rising interest costs, unsustainable debt and recession fears. In the second installment of our Expert Views series, we once again convened experts with diverse views from across the political spectrum to share their perspectives and insights to help understand the landscape in 2022 and identify solutions. The eleven essays offer a deep playbook of options, ideas and advice for policymakers to address inflation, avoid a recession and put the country on a more stable fiscal path.
America’s Fiscal and Economic Outlook
In 2021, we asked leading experts to share their perspective on the opportunities, challenges, and the way forward for America’s economic and fiscal future. During a time of great uncertainty, the ten essays, representing diverse views from across the political spectrum, provided answers to the key question: Where do we go from here?, outlining the connection between national preparedness, economic strength, and a sustainable fiscal outlook.