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Doug HoltzEakin

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Douglas Holtz-Eakin is an economist and president of the American Action Forum, a center-right policy institute. He previously served as director of the Congressional Budget Office (2003–2005) and was chief economic policy adviser to John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. He contributed to The Weekly Standard on fiscal policy topics including state pension reform.

A Nudge from the Feds for State Pension Reform

January 18, 2012 · Blog

A fundamental tension endemic within the conservative movement is whether and when the federal government should intervene in issues that fall almost entirely within the realm of the state. For instance, do the feds have an obligation—or even a right—to try to save a state from self-immolation? If…