Why Budgets Matter

Budget Policy and American Politics; Revised and Updated Edition

AvDennis S. Ippolito

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

When the first edition of Why Budgets Matter was published in 2003, the federal budget had fallen back into deficit. At the time, fairly modest changes in taxes and spending would have ensured that deficits and debt would remain at tolerable levels. Instead, the disconnect between taxes and spending that had plagued the United States since the 1960s grew even greater. A near-catastrophic economic collapse beginning in December 2007 then magnified the fiscal consequences of irresponsible policy choices. This new edition examines how and why the balanced-budget equilibrium of the 1990s was destabilized in the 2000s. It also places this latest partisan battle over the size of government in historical perspective by exploring its connection to earlier budget policy eras.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-11-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:612 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271071138

Utforska kategorier

Statsvetenskap och politisk teori inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Dennis S. Ippolito is Eugene McElvaney Professor of Political Science and Chairman of the Department of Political Science at Southern Methodist University.

Recensioner i media

“Ippolito’s analysis of the budget process is an important contribution to the literature on the American budget process. It is unquestionably one of the best books on the subject, similar in scope to Aaron Wildavsky’s classic The New Politics of the Budgetary Process (1988). Overall, Why Budgets Matter: Budget Policy and American Politics is an excellent historical account of the federal budget process, and it is intended for a general adult reading audience.”—Patrick Fisher, Perspectives on Political Science, on the first edition

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsList of Figures and TablesPrefaceChapter OnePerspectives on Budget PolicyChapter TwoThe "Small Government" Era (1789–1860)Chapter ThreeBudgeting for Government Growth (1860–1915)Chapter FourThe Transition to Modern Government (1915–1940)Chapter FiveWar and Defense Budgets (1940–1970)Chapter SixSocial Welfare Budgets and Deficits (1970–1990)Chapter SevenReconciliation and Balanced Budgets (1990-2001)Chapter EightDestabilizing Budget Policy (2001– )Selected BibliographyIndex