Can You Right The 'Fiscal Ship'?

David Wessel of the Brookings Institution’s Hutchins Center writes about the new game being played by thousands of people around the country. The Fiscal Ship, the new initiative of the Brookings Institution and the Woodrow Wilson Center, is a free game online at www.fiscalship.org. Players choose their own governing goals, such as “reduce inequality” or “shrink government,” and then pick from a wide variety of options on taxes and spending to achieve their goals and put the federal debt on a sustainable trajectory over the next 25 years. Read more about the game.