The Fiscal Challenge

In 2013, Dr. Mike Aguilar founded the Fiscal Challenge as a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization. The Fiscal Challenge is a national competition open to all undergraduate college students. The competition aims to increase student participation and interest in economic and fiscal policies through experiential learning. 

Over the past ten years, the Fiscal Challenge has achieved this goal by creating a national platform for student competitors from different backgrounds to debate these issues with experts in the field. Students hail from universities across the U.S. and from various majors including economics, public policy, political science, statistics, business, and computer science.

The competition has received ample favorable press coverage from organizations including Politico, Washington Post, The Hill, and US News & World Report, as well as recognition from the Journal of Economic Education for how it brings to life economics and fiscal policy for student competitors.