Economist and Policy Analyst

Kevin Kliesen

1 article 1997

Kevin Kliesen is an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, where he researches macroeconomic trends and fiscal policy. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1997, writing about the federal budget deficit.

DEFICIT? WHAT DEFICIT?

April 28, 1997 · Magazine

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS have to move beyond the Balanced Budget Amendment. It's an intellectual error and a political loser. As evidence, consider the recent debate about the amendment, which had a through-the-looking-glass quality. It wasn't just the politicians running between hearing rooms and…