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How Did the Budget Get Balanced in the Late 1990s?
Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich Get Credit For a Historical Accident
 • Jessica Riedl
Social Security in the Red: Implications for Federal Debt
A Cato Institute Forum
 • Jessica Riedl
Why Presidents Don’t Care About Inflation as Much as You Do
Economic policy is no longer about ensuring broad prosperity but tangible benefits to key constituencies.
 • Jessica Riedl
Biden’s Fiscal Legacy
A Comprehensive Accounting of the Biden Fiscal Record
 • Jessica Riedl
The American Economy: How Unchecked Executive Power Affects the Market
Panel at the Principles First Summit 2026
 • Jessica Riedl
Prohibit Reconciliation Bills from Expanding Budget Deficits
An R Street Institute symposium on innovative budget process ideas
 • Jessica Riedl
Reconciliation 2.0 Would Likely Bust the Budget
Can we really expect the GOP to make politically risky spending cuts ahead of the midterms?
 • Jessica Riedl
Why DOGE Failed to Slash Spending
No shortcuts to trimming the federal budget
 • Jessica Riedl
You Can Still Trust the BLS—for Now
The accuracy and reliability of BLS data on inflation and jobs will depend on what the Trump administration does with it.
 • Jessica Riedl
Scott Bessent Is Wrong About Deficit Reduction
No, Deficits are Not Rapidly Falling
 • Jessica Riedl
Trump Can’t Fix the Deficit by Attacking the Federal Reserve
The president claims lower interest rates would save us $1 trillion annually. He’s wrong.
 • Jessica Riedl
Britain and France’s Debt Crises are Bad. America’s Will be Worse.
Washington’s fiscal failings mirror Europe’s economic mess
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