Taxes, Spending, and the U.S. Government's March towards Bankruptcy

ISBN: 9780521689588 出版年：2006 页码：263 Shaviro Cambridge University Press

Part I. Labels and Consequences: The Failure of our Fiscal Language: 1. Fiscal language and the fiscal crisis 2. Taxes, spending, and the size of government 3. Fun and games with budget deficits Part II. The Why and How of Long-Term Budgeting: 4. What are we talking about when we talk about budget deficits? 5. Long-term measures in lieu of the budget deficit 6. Fiscal gap politics Part III. Labels and Policies across Budget Categories: 7. Benign fictions? Describing social security and Medicare 8. Tax expenditures 9. Welfare, cash grants, and marginal rates Part IV. Conclusion: 10. Some modest proposals.