The COVID-19 Recession Is Unfolding Faster than the Great Recession – and So Is the Response
The current economic contraction caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic appears to be larger than the Great Recession and is unfolding...
Economic Recovery Measures
COVID Money Tracker Launches to Enhance Transparency
Congress has already approved more than $2 trillion in fiscal measures to deal with the unprecedented economic and public health crisis caused by the...
Eugene Steuerle: Who Should Pay For The Economic Relief From The COVID-19 Crisis?
As Republicans and Democrats joined hands to provide the most recent of what might be several stages of relief from our national pandemic crisis,...
Phase IV COVID Relief Shouldn’t Be Tax Cuts 2.0
In response to the unprecedented economic crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, lawmakers have enacted three pieces of legislation...
Bernie Sanders's Coronavirus Relief Package
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released his Priorities for the Next Coronavirus Relief Package, a plan to build on...
Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the second of three packages...
Don’t use COVID-19 to Excuse $2 trillion of Debt-Financed Infrastructure
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Weakening the SALT Cap Would Be a Wasteful Giveaway During a Crisis
With the economy reeling due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some Members of Congress are reportedly considering retroactively raising the $...
Loosening the SALT Cap is Poorly Targeted
The third COVID-19 relief bill was signed on Friday, and lawmakers are now starting to propose ideas for the next round of stimulus....
A Visualization of the CARES Act
The President yesterday signed into law the CARES Act, a $2.3 tril