- Pointing to some smart talk on myths concerning the sequester.
- Laying out three insights on the sequester: for one, it was supposed to be like a sword of Damocles — whoops.
- Discussing why the sequester is nuts, and I refuse to treat it as some kind of new normal.
- Talking to my friend and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities colleague, Richard Kogan, on how sequestration is likely to play out.
- Analyzing the revised GDP report and showing how contractionary fiscal policy has been pretty relentlessly whacking away at real GDP growth since the Recovery Act faded out.
- Outlining how to solve the sequester: the key is tax expenditures!
- Lamenting the increasingly dysfunctional sequester politics.
- Explaining why current fiscal policy is damaging real GDP growth — and contributing to a level of austerity that would make a European policymaker proud.
- Considering a study in contrasts: relative to Congress, Governors actually have to… you know… do stuff.
- Clarifying some confusing sequester numbers.
Music: an outsourced Friday Musical Interlude, featuring Bach performed by Yo-Yo Ma.