What will it take to change how the federal government budgets?

Published: April 26, 2022, 8:31 p.m.

In this week\u2019s episode of Politics In Question, Jonathan Bydlak joins James to talk about the federal budget. Bydlak is director of the Governance Program at the R Street Institute, where he also oversees the Fiscal and Budget Policy project and the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group.\n\nWhy does the federal government budget like it doesn\u2019t care about the future? How will events like the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, and inflation impact the United States\u2019 fiscal health. And what will it take to change the federal government\u2019s fiscal trajectory? These are some of the questions Jonathan and James ask in this week\u2019s episode.