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Debt-and-Deficits Essay Contest: The Winners
A novel tax, a clever cut, and an optimal growth solution.
17 hrs ago
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William Miller
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Debt-and-Deficits Essay Contest Honorariums
Congrats to all the winners!
Aug 5
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William Miller
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July 2026
31 Ways Out of the Fiscal Trap
The debt-and-deficits essay contest wiki — winners to be announced next week
Jul 28
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William Miller
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Peter Banks
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Let's actually fix the generational contract
Don't put the Peter Banks's in charge of everything
Jul 10
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Peter Banks
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Debt-and-Deficits Dictator for a Day
What real reform would look like (if politics were no object
Jul 7
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The Mont Pelerin Review
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June 2026
Final Reminder: Essay Contest Closes July 15
You have two weeks left!
Jun 30
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William Miller
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Peter Banks
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The Mont Pelerin Review
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BRICS: The Solvent-Not-Safe Middle Tier
Even modest debt ratios can mask real fragility
Jun 26
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The Mont Pelerin Review
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2% Inflation Targeting is Arbitrary and Accidental
But unfortunately, the US in no position to change it right now.
Jun 24
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William Miller
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Eight Countries With Strong Public Finances
Fiscal strength is engineered, not inherited. And the US has every tool but the will.
Jun 19
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The Mont Pelerin Review
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Japan Is Not The Counterexample
For decades, Japan has been trotted around as proof that high debt and wide deficits are costless. Now that's reversing, and treating it as a model for…
Jun 17
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William Miller
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Austerity, Done Right
How (and when) you cut matters more than how much
Jun 11
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The Mont Pelerin Review
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Why do we have fiat money?
Debt claims another empire
Jun 9
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Peter Banks
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