>"Budgeting-as-usual is a poor fit for times of economic uncertainty. The current moment requires drastic action, not a typical process. The authors recommend four steps as part of this year’s budgeting process: Tune up your financial _...Read More_

"It is becoming increasingly clear that South Africa’s policymakers can no longer ignore the country’s obligations in terms of international, regional and national human rights law."

>"Democrats should pick the low-hanging revenue fruit and grab some easy cost-savings by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug costs."

"Debt-financing public education has not only failed to provide schools with sufficient funds. It has also imposed long-term costs."

>"The Pennsylvania teachers’ retirement fund put more than half its assets into risky alternative investments. The math didn’t work out, spurring an _...Read More_

>"The economy often grows more slowly than the Ministry of Finance expects"

"Entrapping debtors betrays the American idea. It must end."

"Every country wants to build more bridges, roads and renewable-power grids. It won’t be easy"

"With the benefit of hindsight, it is becoming clear just how much the 2007-2009 recession shaped the coronavirus recovery."

"Consumers have less opportunities to spend after states and cities put in place a new round of business restrictions designed to combat another wave of virus infections. Household spending fell for the first time in seven months and _...Read More_

Some people could see a larger stimulus payment next time, but that won't be the case for everyone. Here's what we know.

"The South offers a stark example of what happens to an economy when measures are less stringent: lower unemployment rates, relatively strong job openings—but a bigger rise in infections and deaths."