The slowing growth of the U.S. population, detailed in a recent report by the Census Bureau and an analysis from the Brookings Institution, presents the country with some difficult fiscal and economic challenges. The Census Bureau estimates that the country’s…
Don’t look now, but budgetary gridlock on Capitol Hill is about to get worse. So is the deficit. With all the attention being paid to the partial government shutdown over funding for a wall on the Mexican border, it is…
Recent reports on U.S. defense spending have raised questions about whether it is too much or too little, as discussed in a recent blog post. In response to a reader’s suggestion, we are presenting some information on how what the…
Amid bipartisan frustration over the federal budget process, Congress early this year created a special committee to develop reforms that could enable lawmakers to pass spending bills on schedule and in a more effective and thoughtful manner. There were high…
