I. What’s the Debt? How big is the U.S. national debt? Some reports say that it’s $36 trillion and others say it’s $29 trillion. The two numbers may cause some confusion but both are correct. They simply measure two different…
Over the course of two meaningful days—May 1 and 2—I had the opportunity to travel to Tyler and Longview, Texas, to lead our signature Principles & Priorities federal budget exercise for U.S. Representative Nathaniel Moran. Congressman Moran, who represents Texas’s…
This past Thursday and Friday, I had the privilege of visiting the University of Iowa in Iowa City to engage with students, faculty, and community members on the pressing issues surrounding our nation’s fiscal policy. Hosted in collaboration with the…
This week I had the privilege of traveling to Carrollton, Georgia, to visit the University of West Georgia and facilitate Principles and Priorities, The Concord Coalition’s interactive federal budget exercise, with students from Professor Mary Kassis’s public finance class. Over…
This past week, undergraduate students from across the country gathered to present in-depth budget proposals to improve the nation’s long-term fiscal outlook– and they did not disappoint. Held against the backdrop of rising national debt and ongoing congressional debates over…
Concord Coalition Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux, Senior Advisor Bob Bixby, and former Chief Economist Steven Robinson joined a recent statement with budget experts from across partisan divides who agree on one thing: how the costs and savings of legislation are…
In my role as National Field Director for The Concord Coalition, I’ve had the privilege of traveling to all 50 states and visiting countless college campuses across the country to facilitate our signature federal budget exercise, Principles and Priorities. From…
Introduction With inflation rising and economic growth slowing, the Federal Reserve (Fed) faces the difficult task of curbing inflation without causing a recession. The Fed fights inflation with higher interest rates which reduce the demand for goods and services.…
Introduction After nearly four decades of a consistently downward trend, the consumer price index (CPI) in 2021 increased at the fastest rate since 1982, marking a clear reversal of the previous trend.[1] Although various economic disruptions related to the…