Restoring fiscal sanity : how to balance the budget / Alice M. Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rivlin, Alice M.

Sawhill, Isabel V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

United States.

Budget deficits--United States.

Budget deficits.

Government spending policy--United States.

Government spending policy.

Fiscal policy--United States.

Fiscal policy.

Physical Description:

xii, 138 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2004]

Summary:

In "Restoring Fiscal Sanity," scholars with high-level government experience provide an overview of the country's likely medium- and long-term spending needs and the resources available to pay for them. They propose three alternative fiscal paths that are more responsible than the current path.

Contents:

1 Growing Deficits and Why They Matter / Alice M. Rivlin, Isabel Sawhill 15

2 Getting to Balance: Three Alternative Plans / Ron Haskins, Alice M. Rivlin, Isabel Sawhill 31

3 Reassessing National Security / Lael Brainard, Michael O'Hanlon 56

4 Restructuring Domestic Spending / Isabel Sawhill, Charles Schultze 78

5 The Impact of an Aging Population / Henry J. Aaron, Peter R. Orszag 93

6 Meeting the Revenue Challenge / Henry J. Aaron, William G. Gale, Peter R. Orszag 111

Budgeting for National Priorities Advisory Board 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815777817

OCLC:

54039127