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Bucking the deficit : economic policymaking in America

Author: G Calvin Mackenzie; Saranna Thornton
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.
Series: Dilemmas in American politics.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Why have the monsters of public finance - pork-barrel spending, entitlements, and the deficit - remained unchecked for so long? What effects have they had on our economy and our politics? In this concise, well-written primer of American political economy, political scientist Cal Mackenzie and economist Saranna Thornton combine forces to clear up some of the mysteries of contemporary economic theory and practice. They  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Mackenzie, G. Calvin.
Bucking the deficit.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996
(OCoLC)654245522
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: G Calvin Mackenzie; Saranna Thornton
ISBN: 0813320607 9780813320601 0813320615 9780813320618
OCLC Number: 33163053
Description: xv, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. The American Economy: Concepts and Theories --
2. Development of the Modern Political Economy --
3. Making Economic Policy --
4. Dilemmas of Contemporary Economic Policy --
5. Looking to the Future.
Series Title: Dilemmas in American politics.
Responsibility: G. Calvin Mackenzie & Saranna Thornton.
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Why have the monsters of public finance - pork-barrel spending, entitlements, and the deficit - remained unchecked for so long? What effects have they had on our economy and our politics? In this concise, well-written primer of American political economy, political scientist Cal Mackenzie and economist Saranna Thornton combine forces to clear up some of the mysteries of contemporary economic theory and practice. They take us on a sweeping tour of the economic turning points in our national history and then go on to discuss what it will take to make sound economic policy and, ultimately, good government for the twenty-first century.

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