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Inflation-related updates to ‘Recession Remedies’

Wendy Edelberg and Mitchell Barnes

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testify before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on "Department of Defense's Budget Requests for FY2023”, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Order from Chaos

As Biden administration’s defense budget and National Defense Strategy emerge, concerns abound

Kelly McElveny

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Workers finish the day at the site of new mixed-use construction in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 8, 2022. City leaders are hoping to get a piece of the $500 billion promised through President Biden's infrastructure bill to continue their vision to revitalize their downtown and waterfront areas, moving the city forward from its industrial past. Picture taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Stephanie Strasburg

FixGov

Fighting fraud, waste, and abuse—the infrastructure bill and lessons for the future

Glenn Fine

Friday, February 11, 2022

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Related Books

The $13 Trillion Question

Edited by David Wessel

2015

Central Banking after the Great Recession

Edited by David Wessel

2014

Presidential Pork

By John Hudak

2014

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Experts

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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William G. Gale

The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Retirement Security Project

Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

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Ron Haskins

Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies

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Fiscal policy and budget deficits following the pandemic

Dave Skidmore

Monday, March 28, 2022

Laptop with stethoscope and and pie chart.

Up Front

How budget flexibility tools help address social determinants of health

Stuart M. Butler, Timothy Higashi, and Nehath Sheriff

Monday, October 5, 2020

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional Democrats speak to reporters after their meeting on infrastructure with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC134195ACF0

Podcast Episode

Can the administration and Congress move forward on $2 trillion infrastructure plan?

Adie Tomer

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

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More on The Federal Budget

Senators announce a bipartisan $908 billion COVID-19 emergency relief framework that is designed to break the partisan deadlock and bring economic relief to millions of Americans.Where: Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 01 Dec 2020Credit: InStar/Cover Images

Fighting fraud, waste, and abuse—COVID-19 pandemic relief expenditures

Glenn Fine

Friday, February 11, 2022

A sign announces a section of road work funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act U.S. economic stimulus plan in the Denver area September 10, 2009. The White House Council of Economic Advisers said that the $787 billion stimulus package enacted earlier this year had created as many as 1.1 million jobs by the third quarter. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SOCIETY)

Fighting fraud, waste, and abuse—the 2009 Recovery Act

Glenn Fine

Friday, February 11, 2022

Brookings Federal Infrastructure Hub

February 2022

States’ best chance for permanent broadband affordability requires action now

Blair Levin

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Person looking at records with calculator and magnifying glass.

Give IRS the tools it needs to enforce tax rules and catch cheaters

William G. Gale

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

The benefits and costs of broadband expansion

Sophia Campbell, Jimena Ruiz Castro, and David Wessel

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

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Reports

A conversation with HASC Chairman Adam Smith

The future of the defense budget

Next steps for the Army: A conversation with Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Retirement Security Project

Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies