The Fiscal Ship

Summary

Balance tax and spending choices against debt goals and policy priorities.

Content

Free browser game produced by the Hutchins Center at Brookings, with earlier contributions from the Wilson Center. Choose fiscal policies that satisfy priorities while improving debt sustainability. Use it for an AP Macro, NEC or IB discussion of opportunity cost and policy trade-offs. Read the methodology: a teaching model is not a current fiscal forecast.

Source

Hutchins Center at Brookings

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The Fiscal Ship: Methodology and Classroom FAQ

Read the game’s assumptions and fiscal-sustainability definition before interpreting your result. The FAQ also links to teaching materials; historical baseline examples should not be mistaken for a current fiscal forecast.

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