As the US faces the prospect of a default in the coming months, its trillions of dollars of debt are again at the forefront of policymakers’ concerns. For over 20 years, while a generation of leaders has arrived and departed Washington, neither party has achieved a budget surplus. Though the great recession and a global pandemic account for some overspending, US debt levels have been generally rising for 40 years, to the point that we are now approaching debt-to-GDP ratios most economists consider a potential challenge to economic growth. What can be done to move beyond the current paradigm, where both political parties seem to prefer using the federal deficit as a means of scoring short term political points at the expense of longer-term fiscal solutions? Join us as we examine potential bipartisan approaches to achieving greater fiscal sustainability.