Lollipops became an unexpected point of contention as the President’s fiscal commission turned its attention to Social Security. Barry Anderson, who has been head of budgeting at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said he passed them out to…
New projections released on Friday afternoon by the Obama administration show that the nation’s finances remain in a deep deficit ditch. This was hardly “news,” but it served as a pointed reminder that much hard work needs to be done…
Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit last week to the United States underscored the important relationship between the U.S. and Britain, both politically and economically.Britain’s new coalition government faces tremendous challenges, many of which are similar to the United States’ problems. …
At a time of considerable uncertainty and risk, the United States faces two distinct problems that require different remedies. The economy remains shaky in the near-term, and fiscal policy remains unsustainable in the long-term. As Concord Executive Director Bob Bixby…
