Research and Commentary

The Republicans Are Winning on the Debt, but Is the Country?

July 26, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

A Health Care Plan Ryan, Obama, and Romney Should All Get Behind

June 14, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

How to Fulfill the Promise of Opportunity for All

June 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

Ryancare: Does Paul Ryan's Plan for Medicare Make It More Efficient?

May 31, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

A Debt Ceiling Fright

April 27, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

Around the Halls: President Obama Addresses the Federal Budget Crisis

April 13, 2011, William A. Galston, Ron Haskins, Kavita Patel and Isabel V. Sawhill

Help Wanted: A Left-of-Obama Voice on the Federal Budget

April 13, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

Family Planning Subsidies: Much Ado about Something

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

The Ryan Budget: Voodoo Economics Redux

April 6, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

An Ounce of Prevention: Policy Prescriptions to Reduce the Prevalence of Fragile Families

Fall 2010, Emily Monea, Isabel V. Sawhill and Adam Thomas

Web Chat: The Federal Budget and Prospects for a Government Shutdown

March 2, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

Budget Cuts in All the Wrong Places: Too Much from Too Little Too Soon

February 10, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

The Economic State of the Nation Is Not Good

January 24, 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

Around the Halls: The Fiscal Commission Vote

December 3, 2010, Henry J. Aaron, William G. Gale, William A. Galston, Benjamin H. Harris, Ron Haskins, Jonathan Rauch and Isabel V. Sawhill

@ Brookings Podcast: Solutions for the Federal Deficit

October 22, 2010

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Why Deficit Reduction Is Necessary and Need Not Hurt the Poor

October 18, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

Current Deficits Are Not the Problem

October 15, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

A Compromise for the Tax Cut Debate

October 6, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

We Should Strengthen the Safety Net as the Recession Swells the Ranks of the Poor

September 16, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

An Update to “Simulating the Effect of the ‘Great Recession’ on Poverty”

September 16, 2010, Emily Monea and Isabel V. Sawhill

How Should Progressives Deal with the Budget Deficit?

September 8, 2010, Greg Anrig and Isabel V. Sawhill

On Social Security and Medicare, Parties Must Compromise to Avoid Fiscal Train Wreck

August 6, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

Let's Get Real on Tax Cuts

February 12, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

The Scouting Report Web Chat: President Obama's Budget Proposal

February 3, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

Defining Deficits Down

January 29, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill