Fiscal therapy, curing America's debt addiction and investing in the future, William G. Gale
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- Economic history
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- United States -- Social policy -- 21st century
- Economic policy
- United States -- Economic policy -- 21st century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE + Public Policy + Economic Policy
- Finance, Public
- 2000-2099
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS + Economic Conditions
- Social policy
- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS + Public Finance
- Finance, Public -- United States
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Fiscal therapy, curing America's debt addiction and investing in the future, William G. Gale
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-320) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Fiscal therapy
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1044778930
Responsibility statement
William G. Gale
Sub title
curing America's debt addiction and investing in the future
Summary
"America faces two related economic challenges. Rising federal debt will hurt our economy while a fractured society has left many people behind and let critical investments lag. This book proposes a plan to solve both problems and strengthen the economy and the nation for the future"--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Machine generated contents note: -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Introduction -- THE PROBLEM -- 2. Meet the federal budget -- basics, vocabulary, etc. -- 3. The Budget Outlook -- where we are headed -- 4. Economic Effects of Public Debt -- why where we are headed is a problem -- 5. What would a solution look like? The right target, the fiscal gap, timing and uncertainty -- ON THE ROAD TO A SOLUTION -- 6. History -- How did we get here? What do we learn from that? -- 7. Growth -- Effect of tax and spending policy changes on growth -- 8. Fairness -- How income distribution and economic mobility issues affect fiscal choices -- 9. Politics -- Political factors and public opinion as they influence fiscal policy -- SOLUTIONS -- 10. Health care -- 11. Social security and retirement -- 12. Defense and national security -- 13. The safety net and government investment -- 14. Income tax reform -- 15. Corporate/business tax reform -- 16. Consumption tax/value-added tax -- 17. Energy taxes/Carbon tax -- 18. Budget process -- CONCLUSION -- 19. Conclusion
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