Mensa's World Gathering 2021

Financing America’s Government: A Discussion on Tax Policy and Government Debt (Room Lanier Grand Ballroom G)

27 Aug 21
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Tracks: Speaker (Non-Member)

Speaker(s): Jorge Barro, Fellow, Public Finance, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

As America enters an era of unprecedented federal debt growth, policymakers will face increasing pressure to balance the federal budget. This presentation will focus on what the history of U.S. federal debt growth tells us about the outlook for the U.S. economy and how policymakers might choose to seek fiscal resolution.