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A Surplus, If We Can Keep It: How the Federal Budget Surplus Happened

U.S. Congress, Governance, Budget Deficit, U.S. Economy, Federal Budget

Allen Schick, Visiting Fellow, Governance Studies

The Brookings Institution

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