Both parties on Capitol Hill are publicly demanding the passage of a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown and fund government operations for the next six months. But would a government shutdown really be the calamity that so many people seem to believe? What would be the worst aspects of shutdown? How do previous shutdowns suggest this one might end? And what could some major benefits of a shutdown be? We ask Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist for the U.S. Department of Labor and former chief of staff for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. She is now an adjunct scholar with the Manhattan Institute.
