Government Spending and Budget Deficits in the 1980s: A Personal View / Martin Feldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldstein, Martin.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4324.

NBER working paper series no. w4324

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Government Spending and Budget Deficits in the 1980s

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1993.

Summary:

This paper, which was written as part of the NBER project on American economic policy in the 1980s, examines the changes in government spending and budget deficits during the decade. The paper analyzes why the deficit increased substantially and looks at the policy options for reducing the deficit that were considered. The paper discusses the period when the author was a member of the Administration in greater detail than other years in the 19805 and seeks to explain why the policy choices evolved as they did.

Notes:

Print version record

April 1993.