--- description: Should we worry about the size of the Federal deficit? title: Should We Worry About the Federal Deficit? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc49d8c8eea714c/698778933c16392a22451052/money-dollar-bills-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Economy](/tag/economy/) ## Economy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Should We Worry About the Federal Deficit? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2016 9:07 PM CUT  Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2016 9:07 PM CUT Should we worry about the size of the Federal deficit? That’s the question at the heart of the above panel, the capstone of the FIN 6296 course at the University of Florida Hough Graduate School of Business. It’s moderated by Michael McKee, Bloomberg Radio host and Bloomberg Television Economics editor. Guest speakers include Michael D. Tanner, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and G. William Hoagland, senior vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center. Here’s how the course is described: --- > “” --- TIME has published the video with permission from the University of Florida. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4311741/federal-deficit-panel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4311741/federal-deficit-panel/"},"headline":"Should We Worry About the Federal Deficit?","datePublished":"2016-05-02T21:07:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:07:49.984Z","description":"Watch this discussion to find out","url":"https://time.com/4311741/federal-deficit-panel/","keywords":["Economy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc49d8c8eea714c/698778933c16392a22451052/money-dollar-bills-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7bc49d8c8eea714c/698778933c16392a22451052/money-dollar-bills-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME.com stock photos Money Dollar Bills","caption":"TIME.com stock photos Money Dollar Bills","creditText":"Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4311741/federal-deficit-panel/","name":"Should We Worry About the Federal Deficit?"}}]}] ```