Understanding Today’s Puzzling U.S. Economy
Inflation is high. The GDP has shrunk. But the job market has never been better. The Washington Post's Damian Paletta helps make sense of the U.S. economy today.
Peter Orszag was sworn in as Director of the Congressional Budget Office in January 2007. The role of the CBO is to provide non-partisan, objective and timely analysis of economic and budgetary issues pending before Congress. Director Orszag discusses such hot-topic subjects as the real cost of the Iraq war and the finances of health care reform.
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- Peter Orszag Director, Office of Management and Budget former director, Congressional Budget Office, and former senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution and author of "Saving Social Security"
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