Economics, Politics, and American Public Policy

James J. Gosling has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Utah. His recent books include Politics and Policy in American States and Communities (with Dennis L. Dresang), eighth edition (Pearson Longman, 2013); Budgetary Politics in American Governments, fifth edition (Routledge, 2009); and Understanding, Informing, and Appraising Public Policy (Pearson Longman, 2004).Marc Allen Eisner is the Henry Merritt Wriston Chair of Public Policy and Professor of Government and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University. Eisner is author or coauthor of several books on political economy and regulation. His recent books include The American Political Economy (Routledge, 2011), Governing the Environment (Rienner, 2007), and Regulatory Politics in Transition, second edition (Johns Hopkins, 2000).

• 1. An Introduction to America's Political Economy 2. Measuring Economic Performance 3. Fiscal Policy 4. Monetary Policy 5. Deficits and Debt 6. America in a Global Economy 7. Government Regulation and Deregulation 8. Government and Social Provisioning 9. Rising Inequality and the Middle-Class Squeeze 10. The Great Recession