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My least favorite argument in deficit reduction debates is that a particular option can’t be chosen because it is too unpopular. If that criterion is strictly applied, we might as well fold our tents and wait for the inevitable fiscal crisis…

Fiscal experts who spoke at The Concord Coalition’s Economic Patriots Dinner last week warned that rising federal debt could produce serious financial crises earlier than many people think. “We are on the cusp of real danger and real risk,” said…

While the nation’s fiscal and environmental challenges are often viewed separately, they share several similarities. Ross Gittell, a University of New Hampshire professor, and Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition, wrote in a recent op-ed that in…

Congress still has not passed a budget resolution or any of the 12 appropriations bills for the current fiscal year, and its Continuing Resolution expires Dec. 3. Another item of unfinished business: Deciding whether to extend the Bush tax cuts…

The Government Accountability Office has issued a new analysis of the long-term fiscal outlook. Under a scenario with realistic assumptions about revenues and spending, GAO projected that by 2020, debt held by the public as a share of GDP would…

A bipartisan panel offered a plan last week to curb federal deficits through a mix of spending caps, tax reform, changes in Social Security and Medicare. For a short-term economic boost, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Debt Reduction Task Force, chaired…

WASHINGTON — The Concord Coalition will present U.S. Senator Kent Conrad (D – North Dakota) with the Paul E. Tsongas Economic Patriot Award at The Concord Coalition’s Seventeenth Annual Economic Patriots Dinner. The Dinner will be held on Tuesday, November…

After visiting cities across the country this fall, The Concord Coalition’s Fiscal Solutions Tour wrapped up for the year on President Obama’s home turf in Chicago last week. The tour's policy experts outlined the country’s deteriorating fiscal situation, underscoring the…