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Jason Fichtner and Rudolph Penner talked about the U.S. economy six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. They discussed House Speaker John Boehner’s five-point plan for the economy he gave in a…

Panelists debated the pros and cons of a second economic stimulus package. Among the issues they addressed were job creation, levels of government spending, and assistance to small…

At a panel forum at the Brookings Institution’s Tax Policy Center panelists talked about tax policy, fiscal policy, President Bush’s economic stimulus plan, and how these issues might be…

Panelists discussed savings and future U.S. economic growth. They examined the role of federal budget deficits, or dissavings, and fiscal policy on long-term economic growth. They also took…

The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Deficits, Debt Management and International Debt held a hearing on the long term impact of the deficit on the economy. The subcommittee heard testimony on the…

House Banking Subcommittee looks at the Impact of the Budget deficit and asks the witnesses questions.

The House Ways and Means Committee heard its fourth day of testimony on proposals to stimulate the economy with tax incentives and cuts for parts of the American population. Witnesses…

Rudolph Penner, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, talked about the economy and his testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee about tax policy and economic growth. Mr. Penner…

The members of the panel: Warren Brookes, Syndicated Columnist Lawrence Kudlow,Chief Econ. & Sr. Managing Director-Bear,Stearns & CO. Rudolph Penner,Sr.Fellow, The Urban Institute Norman Ture,…

Ms. Rivlin, Mr. Penner and Mr. Reischauer, all former directors of the Congressional Budget Office, discuss the effects of the federal budget on the American economy. Ms. Rivlin said the…

The National Economists Club hosted a panel to discuss the federal budget process.