With American political polarization at historical highs, Peter Orszag argues the United States needs ways around its politicians.

The United States' fiscal future depends on whether the country can limit health-care costs.

With American political polarization at historical highs, Peter Orszag argues the United States needs ways around its politicians.

Peter Orszag wants to change tax breaks for socially valued activities into flat-rate credits.

Peter Orszag explains how federal incentives are bringing the digital revolution to U.S. health care.

Peter Orszag outlines a bold policy program to respond to the economic and political challenges facing the United States.

Peter Orszag explores what a long and slow recovery might look like for the U.S. economy.

Peter Orszag shows how better water pricing could help China avoid an environmental crisis.

Peter Orszag urges policymakers to take measures that both create jobs now and reduce the deficit later.

In remarks prepared for a postponed Senate Committee on Finance hearing, Peter Orszag argues that the U.S. must address both the weak labor market and an unsustainable fiscal path over the medium and long term.

The United States' fiscal future depends on whether the country can limit health-care costs.

Peter Orszag says the problem of gridlock in Washington might be a consequence of where voters choose to live.

Peter Orszag questions whether the Ryan plan's consumer-directed approach to Medicare reform can follow through on its promise to reduce total health spending.

Peter Orszag says that the United States should embrace lottery-linked savings accounts in its effort to raise household savings.

Peter Orszag warns that it may take a crisis to get policymakers to address the unsustainability of the federal government's fiscal trajectory.

Peter Orszag discusses ways to reform the disability insurance program.

Peter Orszag says that the Bowles-Simpson proposal could eliminate the long-term deficit in Social Security and make the system much more progressive. Even though Social Security is not a major contributor to our long-term deficits, reforming it could help the federal government establish much-needed credibility on solving out-year fiscal problem.

Cutting the federal deficit is seen as essential for reviving the country's economic standing. CFR's Peter Orszag looks at some of the pros and cons of recommendations by a presidential commission's co-chairs to cut more than $3.8 trillion from national deficits.

GOP election gains make it less likely Congress will enact needed deficit cuts and more fiscal stimulus, and the Fed's quantitative easing plan could create new bubbles, says CFR Distinguished Visiting Fellow Peter Orszag.

Peter Orszag writes that if the new Congress is truly concerned about rising health care costs, they should work to deploy the health care act's cost-containment measures fully rather than try to repeal them.

Peter Orszag argues that the health care legislation enacted by Congress earlier this year does many things right.  However, lawmakers did miss an important opportunity to shield from malpractice liability any doctors who followed evidence-based guidelines in treating their patients.

Peter Orszag says that improving the quality of health care and reducing its cost will require that doctors make many changes, including working weekends and consenting to quality management.