Research and Commentary

Raising the Federal Government's Debt Ceiling

March 28, 2011, William G. Gale

Ten-Year Impacts of Individual Development Accounts on Homeownership: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

March 4, 2011, William G. Gale, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Clinton Key, William M. Rohe, Mark Schreiner and Michael Sherraden

A VAT for the United States: Part of the Solution

March 2011, William G. Gale and Benjamin H. Harris

President’s Budget Proposal Could Help Up to 78 Million More Workers to Save for Retirement

February 22, 2011, William G. Gale and David C. John

The Primary Obstacle to a Major Deal on the Budget

February 20, 2011, William G. Gale

Tempting Fate: The Federal Budget Outlook

February 8, 2011, Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale

Activist Fiscal Policy

Fall 2010, Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale and Benjamin H. Harris

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

Five Myths About Cutting the Deficit

November 29, 2010, William G. Gale

What’s the Biggest Tax Mistake That Might Be Made This Year?

October 15, 2010, William G. Gale

Financial Literacy: What Works? How Could It Be More Effective?

October 2010, William G. Gale and Ruth Levine

The Bush Tax Cuts: The Least Effective Stimulus

September 28, 2010, William G. Gale

The Federal Budget Outlook

September 17, 2010, Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale

A Guide to the Fight Over the "Bush Tax Cuts"

September 13, 2010, William G. Gale and Benjamin Harris

New Legislation Helps Build Retirement Security

August 12, 2010, William G. Gale and David C. John

Five Myths About the Bush Tax Cuts

August 1, 2010, William G. Gale

A Value-Added Tax for the United States: Part of the Solution

July 22, 2010, William G. Gale and Benjamin H. Harris

Fiscal Policy and the Changes Needed to Manage the Deficit and Recovery

June 17, 2010, William G. Gale

What Are the Social Benefits of Homeownership? Experimental Evidence for Low-Income Households

May 2010, Gary V. Engelhardt, Michael D. Eriksen, William G. Gale and Gregory B. Mills

Déjà Vu All Over Again: On the Dismal Prospects for the Federal Budget

April 29, 2010, Alan Auerbach and William G. Gale

@ Brookings Podcast: Reforming and Simplifying Taxes

April 9, 2010, William G. Gale

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The Improving Labor Market May Be Worse than You Think

December 7, 2009, William G. Gale and Ben Harris

Is the Stimulus Working?

September 22, 2009, William G. Gale

An Update on the Economic and Fiscal Crises: 2009 and Beyond

September 2009, Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale

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Fix Health Care. But Fix the Deficits, Too

September 8, 2009, Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale