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BusinessWeek December 2, 2010 Przybyla & Faler	Deficits and Debt as Far as the Eye Can See Neither the President's panel nor the most hawkish budget-cutters would balance the federal budget for decades to come.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 David A. Geracioti	The Great Gray Beast An interview with Peter G. Peterson, author of Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America -- and the World and Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It, on how the political class is mortgaging America's future.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2010 Coy & Przybyla	Debt and Taxes: Will America Ever Grow Up? Two new proposals to get serious about the U.S. budget deficit are colliding with the same old dysfunctional politics.
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010 Peter Coy	The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier.
BusinessWeek February 17, 2011 Mike Dorning	Obama's Budget and Its Discontents To Republican free-market purists, Obama's 2012 budget priorities smack of Keynesian interventionism.
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BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 McCormick & Dodge	Bloomberg National Poll Shows Obama at Risk Republicans stand to benefit from voters' deep concern about the economy and federal deficit.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Michael J. Mandel	Cutting Through The Budget Smoke Long-term growth matters to the health of the U.S. federal budget, and so does reforming entitlements.
Reason May 2009 Veronique de Rugy	When Do Deficits Matter? While Democrats and Republicans switch sides regarding deficit spending, economists try to pin down a tipping point.
BusinessWeek January 19, 2004	Bush's Borrowing Is Sapping Our Strength The GOP-led Congressional Budget Office says tax cuts will likely slow growth
BusinessWeek November 20, 2006 Mandel & Dunham	Can Anyone Steer This Economy? Global forces have taken control of the economy. And government, regardless of party, will have less influence than ever
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	Jobs Now, Deficit Reduction Later The U.S. economy still needs fiscal stimulus. Attack the debt once demand returns.
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Michael J. Mandel	Is America Going Broke? Two new books make the same point: even with growth, the financing of the current entitlement system will eventually have to be dramatically rebuilt
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Tony Capaccio	A Peace Dividend from Troop Withdrawals Obama's budget for Iraq and Afghanistan is said to tumble 26 percent - the lowest amount since 2005.
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The Motley Fool April 7, 2010 Thomas F. Cooley	(Don't) Read My Lips: Higher Taxes Are Inevitable Given current fiscal realities, higher taxes are inevitable.
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BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	There's Nothing Macho About Soaring Deficits Those concerned about trends in the economy during the Bush Presidency aren't wimps or pessimists but thinking men and, yes, women.
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Finance & Development September 2011	Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed.
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HBS Working Knowledge August 10, 2011	HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis In the midst of the US debt crisis, Harvard Business School faculty offer their views on what went wrong and what needs to be done to right the US ship of state.
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National Defense March 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Follow the Bouncing Ball of Defense, Federal Budgets: Disoriented Yet? Across the entire spectrum of military programs, affordability has become a predominant theme. As one senior official said, "It is no longer readiness at any cost, it is readiness at best value."
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Morgan Housel	Sick of the Budget Deficit? Read This What really sent us over the edge. For one, there was a good round of tax cuts enacted under President Bush. And two wars. You know the story. Moreover, the economy didn't grow as fast as expected.
Finance & Development September 2011 Laurence Ball et al.	Painful Medicine Although advanced economies need medium-run fiscal consolidation, slamming on the brakes too quickly will hurt incomes and job prospects.
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Caroline Baum	Commentary: The Good Old Bad Days It's easy to be nostalgic for the 1990-91 recession that gave way to the Clinton boom. What will it take to ignite that kind of growth today?
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BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Howard Gleckman	As Growth Sizzles, What's A Dem To Do? Presidential hopefuls will try to ignite middle class rage over breaks for the wealthy.
Finance & Development June 2009 Eyzaguirre et al.	Latin America: When Is Fiscal Stimulus Right? For some Latin American countries stimulus is appropriate during the global economic crisis. But for others the answer is less clear.
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