New “Economics 101” Video from CF&P Explains The Merits of Government Spending Caps

by CF&P | Jul 10, 2017 | News, Press Releases

Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, July 10, 2017 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New “Economics 101” Video from CF&P Explains The Merits of Government Spending Caps (Washington, D.C., Monday, July 10,...

Proposed Spending Cap in Brazil Could Be a Key for Economic Recovery and Renaissance

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs

One of the most remarkable developments in the world of fiscal policy is that even left-leaning international bureaucracies are beginning to embrace spending caps as the only effective and successful rule for fiscal policy. The International Monetary Fund is infamous...

More Evidence that Balanced Budget Rules Don’t Work as Well as Spending Caps

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 16, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending

If you asked a bunch of Republican politicians for their favorite fiscal policy goals, a balanced budget amendment almost certainly would be high on their list. This is very unfortunate. Not because a balanced budget amendment is bad, per se, but mostly because it is...

Summarizing the New Budget Deal: Spend More Now and Promise to Spend Less in the Future

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending

During the 1980 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan famously said “there you go again” when responding to one of Jimmy Carter’s attacks. Well, the Gipper’s ghost is probably looking down from Heaven at the new budget deal between congressional leaders and the Obama...