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July/​August 2023

Vol. 45 No. 4

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From the Cover
Features

Bankruptcy—Gradually, Then Suddenly?

Even if the current federal government spending trajectory was affordable in the sense that Congress would simply need to raise the taxes to pay for it, the fact that most of the growth in federal spending will go toward subsidizing consumption, rather than toward productive investments, is problematic.