The Irrelevance of the European Toxic Asset Facility
By Andreas Kern While problems have been evident from the outset of the Global Financial Crises, the Eurozone and European Union have revealed their true Achilles’ Heels during the last couple of...
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Past is Prologue for Clinton and Team
by David Dickey-Griffith On Friday afternoon, former President Bill Clinton and a stable of former cabinet secretaries and economic advisors from his Administration descended on Georgetown to...
View ArticleEurope and the UK: A Not-So-Special Relationship
by Isabel Taylor Exactly 20 years to the day since European leaders drafted the Maastricht Treaty that created the European Union (EU), British Prime Minister David Cameron stood alone as he refused to...
View ArticleInterview with Dr. Alice Rivlin (Part I): On Apple’s Profits, Economies of...
GPPReview Online’s Rob Wood recently sat down with Dr. Alice Rivlin, founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office, former Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, former...
View ArticleBalancing the Budget in an Economic Crisis, and Other Insights from...
Senior Interview Editor Ingrid Stegemoeller talked with Dr. Wolfgang Opitz, Washington’s Assistant State Treasurer. They discussed the role of the office and the impact of the recent economic downturn....
View ArticleDebt to GDP – The Red Herring of Red Ink
by Alex Engler In the past year, the United States government spent every penny that it collected. Then it went on to spend an additional $1.1 trillion, generating a deficit equivalent in value to...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It – Debt Reduction Revisited
By Kim Dancy On January 10, 2013, the Georgetown Public Policy Review had the distinct honor of bringing Dr. Alice Rivlin and Senator Pete Domenici—two of the foremost experts in federal budget...
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How the Student Loan Debate Lacks Nuance and Context
By Scott Schonberger In 2012, student loan debt in the United States passed the $1 trillion mark. Print, Internet, and cable news organizations seized on this opportunity to inform the public of the...
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Legislative Logrolling and Fiscal Discipline in Latin America
Gabriel Yorio-Gonzalez holds a Master’s degree in Policy Management from Georgetown University and currently works as a public sector STC at the World Bank. During the financial crisis of 2008-2009,...
View ArticleLooking under the hood of U.S. household debt
Although the Great Recession is over, Americans remain in debt, whether it is housing debt, student loans, or auto loans. Is it too soon to say that the economy has recovered from the 2008 crisis? And...
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