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A Unified Front Against the Shadow of Debt

Oct 1, 2020
For too long now we have watched as the national discourse has taken a divisive turn. Bipartisanship is endangered, “compromise” a dirty word. This has made dealing with key challenges all the more difficult, including our nation’s unsustainable fiscal path. …
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The Case for Longer Work Lives: Maintaining Economic and Living Standard Growth in an Aging America

Sep 17, 2020
On September 15, three panelists and roughly 100 attendees participated in a moderated discussion via Zoom on topics related to challenges presented by America’s aging population. This webinar was an outgrowth of a quarterly-issue series called “The Shape of Things…
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August Jobs Report: Focus on the Forest, Not the Nearest Tree

Sep 10, 2020
The first Friday of every month is affectionately known in political circles as “Jobs Friday.” It’s when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Employment Situation Report – a comprehensive snapshot of labor market conditions in the previous month. These…
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COVID Spending Accelerates Budget Deterioration

Sep 3, 2020
This week, the Congressional Budget Office released its much-anticipated update to the 2020 budget baseline. The previous installment from CBO was published in March 2020, just ahead of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, the subsequent economic fallout, and…
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Harold Janeway: A Friend of the Future

Aug 25, 2020
We are deeply saddened by the news of Harold Janeway's passing. If there was one thing that characterized Janeway, it was his commitment to future generations. He demonstrated this with his life’s work and through his many philanthropic endeavors.…
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Congress Punts, POTUS Plays and We Pay

Aug 13, 2020
Avid readers of The Lookout will notice that my missive today is unlike any of my previous entries. If you are accustomed to the colorful charts and technical policy analyses that usually accompany my posts, my sincerest apologies. Those features…
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Jobs Data Reflects Mostly Re-Hiring from Temporary Layoff

Aug 7, 2020
In a much-anticipated jobs report, the Department of Labor released data today showing continued hiring in July despite a surge in coronavirus cases, albeit at a slower pace than in previous months. The U.S. economy added 1.8 million jobs in…
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Double Dose of Economic Data

Jul 31, 2020
The economic picture painted by a double dose of economic statistics released Thursday reveals a US economy struggling to escape the grip of the coronavirus. Record drop in real output. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that U.S.…
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Comparing Major Provisions of the House and Senate Pandemic Relief Packages

Jul 31, 2020
More than two months after House Democrats passed their version of the next installment of pandemic relief for struggling Americans (H.R.6800, the HEROES Act), Senate Republicans and Trump administration officials finally joined the debate and introduced their own: The Heath,…
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Health Coverage for All: What Does that Mean and What are the Implications?

Jul 31, 2020
On July 29, more than 100 people participated in a Zoom webinar on the topic of “health coverage for all.” The panel discussion featured three policy experts on a wide range of issues, such as the fiscal implications of expanded…
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Latest Jobless Claims Reverse Downward Trend

Jul 23, 2020
The Labor Department released new data today on initial unemployment claims by laid-off workers. For the week ending July 18, new claims increased 109,000 to 1.4 million, reversing the downward trend from the peak of 6.9 million in late March. Continuing claims for the week…
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Bipartisan Panel Pans Payroll Tax Cut

Jul 23, 2020
This week, I hosted an informal online conversation with think-tank scholars Brian Riedl of the right-leaning Manhattan Institute and Ben Ritz of the left-leaning Progressive Policy Institute. The goal: to bring together public policy experts with differing political philosophies in…
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