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Are Massive Federal Deficits Now Inevitable?

In the “modern budget era,” we have federal spending increases baked into the cake. Economist Ed Lopez says that makes massive overspending in good times and bad extremely hard to avoid.

Featuring
Edward J. Lopez

Economist

Caleb O. Brown

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, Cato Daily Podcast, Cato Institute