The Great Recession has left tens of millions of families facing unemployment, underemployment and the threat of losing … their home. However,concerns over the deficit threaten to derail efforts to turn around the economy and spur employment …. This report attempts to correct many of the misperceptions about the deficit that have brought the issue to the center of …

deficit at present, and more importantly, because it discourages action on the unemployment crisis that is devastating the …With the economy suffering from near double-digit unemployment, public debate is dominated by concerns over the budget … deficit and national debt. This discussion is unfortunate both because there is no reason for people to be concerned about the …

Many proponents of conservative fiscal policies talk of the budget deficit as being a matter of intergenerational … equality. However, this paper shows the younger generations (and those yet to be born) will contribute more to the deficit than … the driving force behind the deficit is our broken health care system and that this should be the focus of the debate. …

has no effect on economic activity or unemployment. The report covers three areas: the evidence for expansionary fiscal …

There are many economists who argue that temporary tax cuts, like those in the 2009 stimulus and the ones proposed by …

This paper makes the case for a third stimulus package to in the face of economic indicators signaling that the economy …