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View Research by Author - Will Marshall
Citation URL: http://www.urban.org/WillMarshall
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A Budget We Can Believe In: Memo to President Barack Obama (Commentary)| Robert Bixby, William Galston, Ron Haskins, Julia Isaacs, Maya MacGuineas, Will Marshall, Pietro Nivola, Rudolph G. Penner, Robert D. Reischauer, Alice M. Rivlin, Isabel V. Sawhill, C. Eugene Steuerle |
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Two former directors of the Congressional Budget Office now at the
Urban Institute join scholars from other organizations in a memo
advising President Obama on how to balance the nation’s short- and
long-term economic needs. To reduce escalating future deficits
without endangering near-term recovery, the authors’
recommendations include action to stem the growth of Social Security
and Medicare.
| Posted to Web: January 27, 2009 | Publication Date: January 27, 2009 |
Taking Back Our Fiscal Future (Occasional Paper)| Joseph Antos, Robert Bixby, Stuart Butler, Paul Cullinan, Alison Fraser, William Galston, Ron Haskins, Julia Isaacs, Maya MacGuineas, Will Marshall, Pietro Nivola, Rudolph G. Penner, Robert D. Reischauer, Alice M. Rivlin, Isabel V. Sawhill, C. Eugene Steuerle |
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The authors of this paper—longtime federal budget and policy experts—were drawn together by a deep concern about the nation's long-term fiscal outlook. Despite diverse philosophies and political leanings, they found solid common ground and agree that unsustainable deficits in the federal budget threaten the health and vigor of the American economy and the first step toward establishing budget responsibility is to reform the budget decision process so that the major drivers of escalating deficits—Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—are no longer on autopilot. The paper provides specific policy recommendations and outlines the reasons action is critical. | Posted to Web: March 31, 2008 | Publication Date: March 31, 2008 |
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