Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
September 30, 2024, 5:10-6:10 PM, McLaughlin Atrium
Federal debt is rising at an unsustainable rate and is predicted to reach 180 percent of GDP by 2050. Join Professor Charlie Wheelan and Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, for a discussion on the perennial nature of the federal debt problem, explore what pathways to progress look like, and what we can do to create change.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a non-profit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. that addresses federal budget and fiscal issues.
Cosponsors: Tuck Center for Health Care; Rockefeller Center; Tuck Undergraduate Programs
Please note: All events are in-person and will not be recorded.
About Maya
Maya MacGuineas is the president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Her areas of expertise include budget, tax, and economic policy. As a leading budget expert and a political independent, she has worked closely with members of both parties and serves as a trusted resource on Capitol Hill. MacGuineas testifies regularly before Congress and has published broadly, including regularly in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Atlantic, and numerous other outlets. She also appears regularly as a commentator on television.
MacGuineas oversees a number of the Committee’s projects including the grassroots coalition Fix the Debt; the Committee’s Fiscal Institute; and FixUS, a project seeking to better understand the root causes of our nation’s growing divisions and deteriorating political system, and to work with others to bring attention to these issues and the need to fix them. Her most recent area of focus is on the future of the economy, technology, and capitalism.
Previously, MacGuineas worked at the Brookings Institution and on Wall Street, and in the spring of 2009 she did a stint on The Washington Post editorial board, covering economic and fiscal policy. MacGuineas serves on a number of boards and is a native Washingtonian. Contact her at MacGuineas@crfb.org and find her on Twitter @MayaMacGuineas.
About the Series
The Health, Wealth, and Sustainability (“Wicked Problems”) Series will immerse Tuck students and Dartmouth undergraduates in complex social problems and prepare them to be wise, decisive leaders. Each event during the academic year will feature an expert on a “wicked problem” in conversation with a Tuck faculty member.