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Taxes, spending, and the U.S. government's march toward bankruptcy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Taxes, spending, and the U.S. government's march toward bankruptcy // Daniel N. Shaviro.
remainder title:	Taxes, Spending, & the U.S. Government's March towards Bankruptcy
Author:	Shaviro, Daniel N.,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 251 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Fiscal policy - United States. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618253
ISBN:	9780511618253 (ebook)

Taxes, spending, and the U.S. government's march toward bankruptcy /
Shaviro, Daniel N.,

Taxes, spending, and the U.S. government's march toward bankruptcy /Taxes, Spending, & the U.S. Government's March towards BankruptcyDaniel N. Shaviro. - 1 online resource (ix, 251 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Fiscal language and the fiscal crisis -- Taxes, spending, and the size of government -- Fun and games with budget deficits -- What are we talking about when we talk about budget deficits? -- Long-term measures in lieu of the budget deficit -- Fiscal gap politics -- Benign fictions? : describing social security and medicare -- Tax expenditures -- Welfare, cash grants, and marginal rates -- Some modest proposals.

The United States is moving toward a possible catastrophic fiscal collapse. The country may not get there, but the risk is unmistakable and growing. The 'fiscal language' of taxes, spending, and deficits has played a huge and under appreciated role in the decisions that have pushed the nation in this dangerous direction. Part of the problem is that by focusing only on the current year, deficits permit politicians to ignore what is looming down the road. The bigger problem lies in the belief, shared by people on the left and the right alike, that 'tax cuts' and 'spending cuts' lead to smaller government, when in fact the characterization of any new policy as a change in 'taxes' or in 'spending' is purely a matter of labeling. This book proposes a better fiscal language for US budgetary policy, rooted in economic fundamentals such as wealth distribution and resource allocation in lieu of 'taxes' and 'spending'.

ISBN: 9780511618253 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

573510
Fiscal policy
--United States.

LC Class. No.: HJ257.3 / .S53 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 336.973

Taxes, spending, and the U.S. government's march toward bankruptcy /
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