All About Fiscal Policy: What It Is, Why It Matters, and Examples

Fiscal policy uses government spending and tax policies to influence macroeconomic conditions, including aggregate demand, ...
Opinion

Incentives to stem wasteful spending in government work | Opinion

It is difficult to find a political debate where participants do not bring up "government waste." Everyone has their own examples. Some are laughable, most are disturbing. There is the $8,395 the ...
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25 craziest things the u.s. government spends money on

The U.S. federal government spent approximately $6.9 trillion in fiscal year 2023 — roughly 24% of the entire national GDP. With a national debt now exceeding $34 trillion, you’d think every dollar ...
The Alaska LandmineOpinion

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: A few cherry-picked examples of state spending don’t support using only PFD cuts to close the overall state deficit

Some regularly attempt to justify the deep regressivity of cuts to Permanent Fund Dividends (PFDs) by arguing that state ...
The Conversation

No one holds the government to account on spending. We need a budget watchdog that can bite

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has made budget sustainability one of the key pillars of the reform roundtable to be held next week. Concern that budget spending is on an unsustainable trend has been caused by ...
Nextgov

Government pacing toward increased IT contract spending despite DOGE cuts

Despite a change in presidential administrations and a host of new initiatives under President Donald Trump, including the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency, the federal government ...