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The Concord Coalition routinely leads grassroots education events assisted by a number of educational tools that enhance public engagement. Whether we are conducting in-depth “Principles & Priorities” budget exercises that let users act as members of Congress tasked with reducing the…

Next week, the House of Representatives will debate its first appropriations package for the fiscal year that begins October 1. Floor action will start with a $259.5 billion package that combines four of the annual spending bills into one “minibus”…

As a nonpartisan, grassroots organization, The Concord Coalition’s primary engagement method for more than 28 years has been face-to-face events across the nation. At these events, we employ one of our several presentations or exercises that share the same goal:…

Lawmakers in Washington have enacted four laws in response to the coronavirus pandemic totaling $2.4 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office recently published a summary of those measures, including the estimated effects on discretionary and mandatory spending, revenues, and the deficit.…

The rapid rise in federal debt caused by the need to support an economy devastated by COVID-19 has renewed interest in a school of economic thought called Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). It is easy to understand why: MMT provides an…

On June 9, the United States quietly reached an inauspicious milestone: our nation’s total federal debt surpassed $26 trillion for the first time. Given the dual crises of coronavirus and civil unrest that dominate national headlines, it’s not surprising this…

The economic devastation imposed by the coronavirus has been swift, steep, and wholly unlike any prior recession. In March, the government purposely induced a nationwide economic coma to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus and deployed bazookas of money…

It seemed to go without saying, but on Monday June 8th, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) made it official: The U.S. economy entered a recession in February 2020. It marked the end…