Isabel Sawhill
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College Is The Holy Grail, But Should Everyone Go? -
The new Holy Grail in American life appears to be a four-year college degree. Almost all high school students and their parents aspire to go to college, and high school graduates are...
Let's Have More Immigrants, Not More Babies -
Fertility has fallen in all advanced countries and will almost surely continue to fall in the future. In the United States, the fertility rate is now 1.93 children per women, a little below...
Forget the Fiscal Cliff; Focus On the Debt Ceiling -
For all the talk about the fiscal cliff, it is not the most worrisome economic issue facing the country. The real cliff is the debt ceiling, and if we go off that cliff, it will be...
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- Are Voters Ready to Make the Tough Fiscal Choices? - Isabel Sawhill
- On December 31st the Fiscal Clock Will Reset to Zero - Isabel Sawhill
- The Buffett Rule: It's About Perceptions of Fairness, Not Policy - Isabel Sawhill
- Pay Healthcare With a Tax - Henry Aaron & Isabel Sawhill, Washington Post
- Don't Forget the Human Infrastructure - Isabel Sawhill, Brookings
