Fiscal cliffs, debt ceilings, sequestration—it’s easy to dismiss our budget crises as a passing fad, but there is a very real problem here, and it’s that we, the voters, can’t make the tough choices. In this timely book, David Leonhardt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times economic columnist and Washington bureau chief, offers a radically sensible plan for closing our deficit, shifting spending to investing, and getting us back to growth. Speakers: Ruth Marcus, David Leonhardt