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The Washington Center hosted a discussion on the federal budget and the U.S. debt. A former Clinton administration budget official, and a former budget adviser to Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) t…

As current congressional leaders were involved in negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” former congressional leaders and governmental officials, journalists, and academics talked about l…

Officials from six Washington, D.C. think tanks talk about their plans for reducing the budget deficit and national debt. Peter Peterson made closing remarks.

Joseph Minarik and Sudeep Reddy spoke about the fiscal year 2012 federal budget,

Former Senator Pete Domenici and Joseph Minarik of the Bipartisan Policy Center talked about their proposed debt reduction and tax reform plan, and the plan released by President Obama’s Def…

Panel members talked about the federal budget surplus and proposals for spending the money. They said that ten years ago no economist could have dreamed of a budget surplus and explained how…

Guests discussed the history and future of a Balanced Budget Amendment. They also talked about the pros and cons of such an amendment to the U.S. Constitution and took students' questions.

Warner Books hosted a policy forum titled "Economists view of President’s Budget". Speakers gave opposing views of the budget.

Former Federal Reserve chairman, Paul Volcker, delivered the keynote address at this forum hosted by the Concord Coalition. He explained the goals, principles, and elements of a balanced bud…

Economists spoke in a forum on initiatives for long term economic growth sponsored by the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group of then current and former legislators and economists that wer…

Mark Bloomfield, the president of the American Council for Capital Formation, and Joseph Minarik, a senior research associate at the urban institute, answered host and audience questions abo…