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John Makin

John Makin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of AEI's monthly Economic Outlook. He is a former consultant to the US Treasury, Congressional Budget Office, and the International Monetary Fund.

April 2013

  • Barack Obama announcing 2014 budget proposals

    The economics of the sequester
    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

February 2013

  • Barack Obama

    President Obama's sequester blame game ignores the real issues

    John Makin

    John Makin: If the US economy goes back into recession, don't blame the sequester, blame the tax increases