The economics of the sequester After the failure of Congress to strike a deal, the US government has been forced to implement across-the-board spending cuts worth $85bn this year. Our experts debate how these cuts will affect the US economy
Sequester hysterics obscure the reality of Obama's budget plan Dean Baker Dean Baker: The sequester will slow growth, but the real problem is Obama has ceded so much to the Republicans' deficit-cutting agenda
Washington got deficit reduction done despite itself – then sabotaged it John Makin John Makin: The good news is that the sequester should make a big dent in US debt. The bad news is that political squabbles will undo that
A slowmotion sequester hits America's invisible poor with stealth cuts Robert Reich Robert Reich: Most of us are not feeling the squeeze on federal spending. That's because the cuts chiefly target those who have least
