Government Spending
US public debt levels now exceed the size of the entire economy and are set to double by mid-century. Recent government spending has helped generate the largest surge in inflation in more than four decades. By showing that this surge will continue as long as policymakers fail to recognize its fiscal roots, Mercatus research endeavors to reignite and inform public debates on fiscal sustainability and entitlement reform.
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Nostalgia Versus Numbers: Challenging America's Economic Pessimism | Creators Syndicate
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The Power of Symbolism | The Budget Process at 50
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Will Student Loan Forgiveness Solve Anything for America? | Lars Larson Show
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Joe Biden's Irresponsible Student Loan Forgiveness | KNRS radio’s “The Rod Arquette Show”
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Is Another Child Tax Credit Expansion Really the Best Way To Help Families? | Creators Syndicate
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Inflation, Bidenomics, and the Expanding Debt | WINA radio’s “The Schilling Show”
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Deregulation vs. Subsidies | National Review
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Why Consumers Are Always Right About EVs and Cupcakes | CBS Radio
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The Reality of Debt | KVOI radio’s “WakeUp! Tucson with Chris DeSimone”
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Biden's Super Bowl Shrinkflation Blame Game | Creators Syndicate
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Ignore Consumers at Your Own Risk | National Review
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When an Item Costs More but You Still Need It? That’s “Inelastic Demand.” | Marketplace Radio
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Shrinking Potato Chip Bags vs. Exploding Debt | WJIM radio’s “The Steve Gruber Show”
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Questions for the CBO Director | National Review
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More on Interest Payments on the Debt | National Review
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Inflation and a Special Guest Coming to Iowa | WHO radio’s “The Simon Conway Show”
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Is Joe Biden Focused On Snacks When He Should Be Focused On Spending? | Lars Larson Show
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No Rate Cuts Called For With $10 Trillion Treasuries To Sell | CBS Radio
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Red Ink as Far as the Eye Can See | National Review
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The CFPB Is Putting Our Banking Arrangements at Risk | Creator Syndicate
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Nostalgia Versus Numbers: Challenging America's Economic Pessimism | Creators Syndicate
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The Power of Symbolism | The Budget Process at 50
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Will Student Loan Forgiveness Solve Anything for America? | Lars Larson Show
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Joe Biden's Irresponsible Student Loan Forgiveness | KNRS radio’s “The Rod Arquette Show”
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Is Another Child Tax Credit Expansion Really the Best Way To Help Families? | Creators Syndicate
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Inflation, Bidenomics, and the Expanding Debt | WINA radio’s “The Schilling Show”
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Deregulation vs. Subsidies | National Review
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Why Consumers Are Always Right About EVs and Cupcakes | CBS Radio
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The Reality of Debt | KVOI radio’s “WakeUp! Tucson with Chris DeSimone”
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Biden's Super Bowl Shrinkflation Blame Game | Creators Syndicate
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Ignore Consumers at Your Own Risk | National Review
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When an Item Costs More but You Still Need It? That’s “Inelastic Demand.” | Marketplace Radio
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Shrinking Potato Chip Bags vs. Exploding Debt | WJIM radio’s “The Steve Gruber Show”
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Questions for the CBO Director | National Review
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More on Interest Payments on the Debt | National Review
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Inflation and a Special Guest Coming to Iowa | WHO radio’s “The Simon Conway Show”
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Is Joe Biden Focused On Snacks When He Should Be Focused On Spending? | Lars Larson Show
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No Rate Cuts Called For With $10 Trillion Treasuries To Sell | CBS Radio
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Red Ink as Far as the Eye Can See | National Review
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The CFPB Is Putting Our Banking Arrangements at Risk | Creator Syndicate
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What’s behind Declining Male Labor Force Participation
Fewer Good Jobs or Fewer Men Seeking Them?
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Declining Prime-Age Male Labor Force Participation
Why Demand- and Health-Based Explanations Are Inadequate
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If Congress Only Does One Thing, It Must Reform the Corporate Income Tax System
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Is There a Retirement Crisis?
Examining Retirement Planning in the Household and Government Sectors
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Online Outsourcing and the Future of Work
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT: Enacting True Tax Reform, Not Just Tax Cuts
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Generational Equity and Social Security Financing Reform
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The Trouble with Keynesian Stimulus Spending
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Reforming US Corporate Taxes
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Replacing the Cadillac Tax
Options and Considerations
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Retire on the House: The Possible Use of Reverse Mortgages to Enhance Retirement Security
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An Examination of Medicare's Current Design and an Alternative
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The Medicaid FMAP under the ACA
Disparate Treatment of Eligible Populations Warrants Scrutiny
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Why There is No “Made in America” Tax
How Foreign-Made Imports and American-Made Exports Are Taxed
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Policies to Address Income Inequality and Increase Economic Opportunities for Low-Income Families
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Replacing Medicare ACOs with a Better Integrated Care Option
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Medicare Coverage Options
Reforming the Beneficiary Choice Process to Improve Competition
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Impacts of the ACA on Small Business
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Medicaid Per Capita Caps
When Democrats Supported and Republicans Opposed Them, 1995–1997
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Getting to True Tax Reform in 2017
A Better Way
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The Cult of 'Forever Low' Interest Rates Had to End Sometime | Creators Syndicate
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'Good Government' Is a Two-Way Street | Creators Syndicate
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More on Interest Rates | National Review
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Solving America’s Housing Woes or Making Them Worse? | Creators Syndicate
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Are Ordinary Americans Buying ‘Bidenomics’? | Creators Syndicate
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Barreling Toward Another Government Shutdown: The Art of Political Kabuki | The Washington Times
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The Surprising, Uplifting Truth About Inequality | Creators Syndicate
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The Middle Class Is Prospering | National Review’s “The Corner”
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Arnold Kling on Industrial Policy | National Review’s “The Corner”
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Can We Really Grow Out of Debt? | National Review’s “The Corner”
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An Update on the Foxconn Deal | National Review’s “The Corner”
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Politicians Make a Mockery Out of ‘Emergency’ Spending | Creators Syndicate
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First Anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act | WSPD radio’s “The Scott Sands Show” (OH)
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After the US Credit Downgrade, Let’s Talk About a Radical Budgetary Change | Creators Syndicate
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Do Aging Politicians Help Explain the US Credit Rating Downgrade? | The Washington Examiner
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‘Bidenomics’ Is a Marketing Term | Creators Syndicate
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How Subsidizing Chips (And Everything Else) Became a Losing World Habit | InsideSources
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The Student Debt Relief Effort Has Spurred Even More Borrowing | The Washington Examiner
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Wanted: A President Who Will Embrace the Spending Challenge | Creators Syndicate
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