Doug Elmendorf and Karen Dynan: How much can the federal budget and the deficit continue to grow?

Update: 2020-04-13

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What should be done now about the federal budget and the deficit, with Doug Elmendorf, dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, and Karen Dynan, professor of the practice of economics.

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