Research and Commentary

On the Budget, Obama's Opening Bid Was Reasonable

April 16, 2013, Ron Haskins

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s Federal Budget Proposal for FY 2014

April 11, 2013, Ron Haskins, Isabel V. Sawhill and Bill Frenzel

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The President’s Budget: A Good Strategy for Difficult Times

April 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

A Balanced Budget Should Take a Backseat to Real Reforms

March 14, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Payments to Elders Are Harming Our Future

March 8, 2013, Harry J. Holzer and Isabel V. Sawhill

A State of the Union Wish List

February 8, 2013, Ron Haskins

Going Big On Deficit Reduction Is Dead. Now What?

January 14, 2013, Ron Haskins

A Bipartisan Proposal: Go Medium to Avoid Fiscal Cliff

December 5, 2012, Ron Haskins and Michael E. O'Hanlon

Forget the Fiscal Cliff; Focus on the Debt Ceiling

December 4, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

Kick the Cliff Down the Road, Then Start Negotiating

November 27, 2012, Scott Winship

Six Ways President Obama and Congress Can Avoid the "Fiscal Cliff"

November 16, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

The Fiscal Cliff: Predictable, Reprehensible, But Still Avoidable

November 6, 2012, Ron Haskins

Cut Spending or Raise Taxes? Follow the Bipartisan Bowles-Simpson Formula and Do Both

October 24, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

The Looming Fiscal Cliff: Little Room for Optimism

October 17, 2012, Ron Haskins

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Current System Turns Makers Into Takers

September 25, 2012, Scott Winship

Are Voters Ready to Make the Tough Fiscal Choices?

September 18, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

Web Chat: Congressional Budget Battles Loom on the Horizon

March 28, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

Web Chat: Congressional Super Committee Unable to Find Compromise

November 23, 2011, Ron Haskins

Family Planning Subsidies: Much Ado about Something

April 12, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill and Adam Thomas

Public Investment in Children’s Early and Elementary Years

April 15, 2010, Julia B. Isaacs, Adam Kent, Jennifer Macomber and Tracy Vericker

America Needs More Economic Mobility

March 29, 2010, Ron Haskins and Isabel V. Sawhill

Kids' Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children through 2008

December 9, 2009, Julia B. Isaacs, Adam Kent, Jennifer Macomber and Tracy Vericker

Federal Expenditures on Infants and Toddlers in 2007

April 2009, Julia B. Isaacs, Paul Johnson, Adam Kent, Jennifer Macomber and Tracy Vericker

The Fiscal Effects of Investing in High-Quality Preschool Programs

April 2009, Charles Baschnagel and William T. Dickens

President Obama's Budget and U.S. Fiscal Solvency

March 27, 2009, Ron Haskins

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