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Back to the Deficit Drawing Board

The Bi-Partisan Congressional Super-committee failed last week to reach a deficit reduction agreement.  That means automatic spending cuts kick in, in twenty thirteen…and President Obama says he’ll veto any attempt avoid those.  We talk with two economists about what this all means…and about the rocky political and economic roads ahead.

 

 

 

 

Guests

  • Matthew
  • SlaughterAssociate Dean of the MBA Program and the Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He also served as an economic advisor in the Bush Administration.
  • Eugene Stuerle - Fellow at the Urban Institute and a former Senior Treasury Department official during the Reagan Administration who helped lead the tax reform effort of 1986. He also served as an advisor to President Obama’s Debt Commission.

We'll also hear from

  • Matt Laslo - NHPR Washington Correspondent.

 
 

Laura is well known in New Hampshire for her in-depth coverage of important issues and is widely regarded for her interviews with presidential hopefuls. Laura is a graduate of Keene High School in New Hampshire. Prior to hosting The Exchange, Laura worked in public radio in Washington, D.C. as a local reporter and announcer for WAMU and as a newscaster for NPR. Before her radio career, she was a researcher for USA Today's "Money" section, and a research assistant at the Institute for International Economics. Laura occasionally guest hosts national programs such as The Diane Rehm Show and Here and Now. In 2007 Laura was named New Hampshire Broadcaster of the Year by the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters.
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