The Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival!


Facing Up to the Nation's Finances is back with a new "Budget Blog Carnival!" If you are unfamiliar, a blog carnival is an online "magazine" (blogo-zine) of sorts that focuses on a specific theme. This issue is all about the U.S. federal budget and the national debt.

National Debt Urgency and Primacy

Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival: Dan Perry, Muwabi.com/blog:


Origins of a Debt Economy


The True Costs of Health Reform

Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival: The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:

Time for Tax Reform

Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival: The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:

Post-Reflection: ‘Economic Stimulus’ Passed on Friday the 13th

Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival: Bob McCarty, Bob McCarty Writes:

"Bogus Arguments about the Burden of the Debt"

Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival: Mark Thoma, Economist's View:

Musings on America's Budgetary Challenge

Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival: David D. Kent:

Off-balance-sheet Federal Liabilities

Please note: The following entry is from July 2009. While the numbers have changed over the past five months, the theoretical ideals presented remain timely and are relevant to the author's perspective and the ongoing debate about America's fiscal future.

Yes the Future Deficits Are Worrisome

Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival: James Hamilton, Econbrowser:

Resolving U.S. Indebtedness: Various Scenarios

Facing Up Budget Blog Carnival: Arnold Kling, EconLog:

"Winterspeak" wonders if I would bet on the U.S. defaulting. Here are the alternatives that I can think of, and the odds I would give to them:


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