Fuzzy math : the essential guide to the Bush tax plan / Paul Krugman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krugman, Paul R.

Contributor:

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taxation--United States.

Taxation.

United States.

Budget--United States.

Budget.

United States--Appropriations and expenditures.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

128 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, [2001]

Summary:

Carefully dissecting the tax proposal planned by the George W. Bush administration, "Fuzzy Math" shows just who the winners will be, who the losers will be, and how long it will take the tax cuts to consume the budget surplus. Always the equal-opportunity critic when it comes to faulty economics, Krugman also examines the Democratic alternatives to the Bush plan.

Contents:

Part I Is Less More?

1. The Politics of Tax Cuts 13

2. The Economics of Tax Cuts 23

Part II Follow the Money

3. Getting and Spending: the Federal Budget 39

4. The Frog Who Turned into a Prince: Origins of the Surplus 52

5. Birds in the Bush: Projecting the Surplus 65

6. Taking too Much? Setting a Surplus Target 77

Part III Making the Cut

7. The Bush Plan: the Basics 89

8. For Richer, for Poorer: Who Benefits from the Tax Cut? 104

9. Alternatives 118.

ISBN:

0393050629

OCLC:

46822370