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April 6, 2023
Grace Segers
The Republican Plan to Cut the Deficit on the Backs of Struggling Americans
The GOP is again pushing for harsher work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP—even though it would barely dent our national debt.
November 19, 2021
Alex Shephard
Who’s Afraid of the Congressional Budget Office?
A negative score from Washington’s budget metaphysicians could have killed the Build Back Better Act. But when a positive one came in, barely anyone noticed.
February 22, 2021
Alex Shephard
No One’s Buying the Republicans’ Deficit Fearmongering Anymore
It worked against Obama. But GOP attacks on the Democrats’ Covid stimulus bill are falling on deaf ears after four years of Trump.
August 10, 2020
MagazineFrank Trentmann
The Unequal Future of Consumption
How the Covid lockdown is reconfiguring the nexus of getting and spending
March 17, 2015
Danny Vinik
Congress Shouldn't Bother Trying to Balance the Budget
January 26, 2015
Danny Vinik
Underspending, Not Debt, Is Holding the Country Back
What new CBO projections say about our economic future
September 2, 2014
Danny Vinik
This Chart Disproves Republicans' Food-Stamp Nonsense
April 21, 2014
Danny Vinik
Survey Shows Why the Economic Recovery Is Weak: You're Saving Too Much
December 9, 2013
Jennifer Kirby
Study: Newtown Shooting Was a Boon for Lobbyists and Media Alike

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