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A year inside the Beltway : making economic policy in Washington / Sue Headlee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Headlee, Sue E. (Sue Eleanor), 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Economic policy.
- United States.
- Economic policy.
- United States--Economic policy--2001-2009--Decision making.
- Decision making.
- United States. Congress--Rules and practice.
- United States. Congress.
- Pressure groups--United States.
- Pressure groups.
- Politics, Practical--United States.
- Politics, Practical.
- Business and politics--United States.
- Business and politics.
- Policy sciences.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 286 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Summary:
- Illustrates how domestic and international economic policymaking in Washington involves the interaction of economic reasoning and political interest.
- Contents:
- Part I Making Domestic Economic Policy in Washington 17
- 1 The State of the U.S. Economy 19
- 2 Making Fiscal Policy in Washington 33
- 3 Case Study: The American Welfare State 47
- 4 Making Monetary Policy in Washington 61
- 5 Case Study: The Federal Reserve as Financial Crisis Manager 73
- 6 Making Labor Policy in Washington 87
- 7 Case Study: Women and the Economy 103
- Part II Making International Economic Policy in Washington 121
- 8 The State of the Global Economy 123
- 9 Making Trade Policy in Washington 139
- 10 Case Study: Exchange Rates and the U.S. Treasury 155
- 11 Making International Monetary and Financial Policy in Washington 169
- 12 Case Study: Reforming the International Monetary Fund 189
- 13 Making Economic Development Policy at the World Bank 209
- 14 Case Study: Chinese Economic Development 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275970086
- OCLC:
- 50337138
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