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Sam Dryden is Director of the Agricultural Development Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The United States’ federal budget deficit is currently projected to explode, increasing the federal debt to unprecedentedly high levels. A very gradual fiscal consolidation, with federal spending as a share of GDP declining slightly each year, would both raise economic growth and create a more resilient economy.
