Making America's budget policy : from the 1980s to the 1990s / Joseph J. Minarik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minarik, Joseph J., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

Taxation--United States.

Taxation.

Budget deficits--United States.

Budget deficits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

This collection of articles traces the evolution over the 1980s of budget policy and tax reform by an architect of the Bradley tax reform bill. The articles present a chronological analysis of tax changes and the heated controversy over budget policy and the deficit. It concludes with an analysis of what the future holds. The author, currently staff director of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, has the perspective of a fiscal expert with many years on the Washington scene.

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. The policy environment of the 1980s

pt. 3. Economic and political issues

pt. 4. Tax reform : legislative process and outcome

pt. 5. Persistent deficits and the implications for the 1990s.

Notes:

First published 1990 by M.E. Sharpe.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-28921-0

1-315-28919-9

1-315-28920-2

9781315289212

OCLC:

960711224