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Kansas City Star: Hawley wants to shield Social Security, Medicare from debt ceiling talks. Experts say it won’t work
“‘It pretends that Social Security recipients and Medicare recipients are not actually part of a broader economy that would be completely hammered by this incr…
CNBC's Squawk Box: What experts think about Q4 GDP data
“To be clear, the slowdown that I expect we will see in the first quarter is a good thing. It will show that the economy is starting to rebalance, get on a mor…
C-SPAN, White House Press Briefing : Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
“Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary, that many of you speak with: ‘A default would be catastrophic . It would mean higher borrowing cost forever.’ And la…
The Washington Post: Inflation slowed further in December for the sixth month in a row
“Wendy Edelberg, the director of the Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, a center-left D.C.-based think tank…
Smart fiscal policies for a better future
As part of a Peterson Foundation initiative, Wendy Edelberg outlines ways to strengthen the social insurance system.
Coronavirus response must include bold fiscal policy
The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis, but it is rapidly becoming an economic one as well. Jay Shambaugh explores fiscal policy options to preserve h…
What should a fiscal response to a COVID-19 outbreak look like?
Hamilton Project Director Jay Shambaugh comments on the COVID-19 virus and how economic policies with automatic triggers can alleviate the financial burden of …
Six charts on the immigrants who call the US home
Kriston McIntosh, Ryan Nunn and Jay Shambaugh of The Hamilton Project highlight select figures from a set of economic facts about the role of immigration in th…
