Politics and economics in the eighties / edited by Alberto Alesina and Geoffrey Carliner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alesina, Alberto.

Carliner, Geoffrey.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research project report.

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Political aspects--United States.

Economics.

United States--Economic policy--1981-1993--Decision making.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is the federal budget deficit a result of congressional deadlocks, gross miscalculation of economic trends, or a Republican strategy to tie the budgetary hands of future Democratic leadership? To what extend does the partisan split between Congress and the executive branch constrain the president's agenda? In this volume, political scientists and economists tackle these and many other contentious issues, offering a variety of analytical perspectives. Certain to provoke controversy, this interdisciplinary volume brings together policy experts to provide a coherent analysis of the most important economic policy changes of the 1980's. Through a detailed examination of voting patterns, monetary and fiscal policies, welfare spending, tax reform, minimum wage legislation, the savings and loan collapse, and international trade policy, the authors explore how politics can influence the direction of economic policymaking.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Elections and the Economy in the 1980's: Short- and Long-Term Effects

2. Leaning Into the Wind or Ducking out of the Storm? U.S. Monetary Policy in the 1980's

3. Party Governance and U. S. Budget Deficits: Divided Government and Fiscal Stalemate

4. Changes in Welfare Policy in the 1980's

5. The Politics of Tax Reform in the 1980's

6. Political Foundations of the Thrift Debacle

7. The Spatial Mapping of Minimum Wage Legislation

8. U. S . Trade Policy-making in the Eighties

Contributors

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611431280

9781281431288

1281431281

9780226012827

0226012824

OCLC:

476228933