Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Fiscal Policy in the News

Jul 28, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release

CRFB in the Ripon Forum

CRFB board member Doug Holtz-Eakin and CRFB president

It's Summerstime in the Fiscal Policy World

Larry Summers, the Administration's top economist (and former CRFB board member), has an
Jul 16, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release

Forget OMB--The Onion Has Ways to Improve Efficiency

Despite OMB's best efforts to trim waste from the government, The Onion
Jul 13, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release

The Latest Fashionable Trend

It’s official, budget commissions are now sexy.

It's Time to "SAVE" More

OMB and the President have just kicked off the 2nd annual SAVE Awards, a

Fiscal Consolidations: How and When

Alberto Alesina of Harvard University has a new paper out that talks about how differences in the composition of debt reduction packages make a dif

"Don't Sign Yourself Into a Corner"

The establishment of a fiscal commission either in Congress or by the President was attacked from both sides of the political spectrum.  Liber

The Short-Run Problems of US Debt

Jeanne Sahadi wrote for CNN today on the sometimes-ove
May 17, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release

Fiscal Goals Are Good, Plans Are Better

Robert Samuelson has a blunt message for the American public in today's Washington Post: WAKE UP! In his op-ed Samuelson pans the lack of urgency by...

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