William E. Hudson

A Citizen's Guide to Deficits and Debt (eBook, ePUB)

The Politics of Taxing, Spending, and Borrowing

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This concise, breezy introduction to federal budgeting reveals how differing views of America inform the arguments over deficits and debt. By the time readers finish the book, they will understand that the conflict over deficits and debt is not simply about where to cut or add spending, but instead is a struggle over national priorities and visions for the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136160059
• Artikelnr.: 40301301

Autorenporträt

William E. Hudson is professor of political science at Providence College. He is the author of The Libertarian Illusion and Experiencing Citizenship: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Political Science (with Richard Battistoni). Hudson has published numerous articles on public policy issues in journals such as Political Science Quarterly, Polity, Western Political Quarterly, Economic Development Quarterly, and Policy Studies Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Political Conflict over Deficits and Debt: What's it about?
What's at stake? Part I: The Shape of the Federal Budget. 1. Federal
Deficits and Debt. 2. Budget Pies: An Overview of Federal Spending and
Revenue. 3. Do Entitlements Entitle? Is What's Mandated Mandatory? 4. How
Discretionary Is Discretionary Spending? 5. Raising Federal Tax Revenue. 6.
Predicting Future Deficits and Debt. Part II: The Politics of Deficits and
Debt. 7. Deficit Hawks versus Deficit Doves. 8. "Starve the Beast" versus
Protect the New Deal. 9. Partisan War over America's Fiscal Future: 2009 -
2013. 10. The Future of Deficits and Debt.