| Politics and Economics in the Eighties Contributor(s): Alesina, Alberto (Editor), Carliner, Geoffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226012816 ISBN-13: 9780226012810 Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 1991 Annotation: Is the federal budget deficit a result of congressional deadlocks, gross miscalculation of economic trends, or a Republican strategy to tie the budgetary hands of future Democratic leadership? To what extend does the partisan split between Congress and the executive branch constrain the president's agenda? In this volume, political scientists and economists tackle these and many other contentious issues, offering a variety of analytical perspectives. Certain to provoke controversy, this interdisciplinary volume brings together policy experts to provide a coherent analysis of the most important economic policy changes of the 1980s. Through a detailed examination of voting patterns, monetary and fiscal policies, welfare spending, tax reform, minimum wage legislation, the savings and loan collapse, and international trade policy, the authors explore how politics can influence the direction of economic policymaking. Click for more in this series: National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science - Business & Economics | Government & Business |
| Dewey: 338.973 |
| LCCN: 91003928 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.94" W x 9.03" L (0.90 lbs) 306 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Is the federal budget deficit a result of congressional deadlocks, gross miscalculation of economic trends, or a Republican strategy to tie the budgetary hands of future Democratic leadership? To what extend does the partisan split between Congress and the executive branch constrain the president's agenda? In this volume, political scientists and economists tackle these and many other contentious issues, offering a variety of analytical perspectives. Certain to provoke controversy, this interdisciplinary volume brings together policy experts to provide a coherent analysis of the most important economic policy changes of the 1980s. Through a detailed examination of voting patterns, monetary and fiscal policies, welfare spending, tax reform, minimum wage legislation, the savings and loan collapse, and international trade policy, the authors explore how politics can influence the direction of economic policymaking. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alesina, Alberto: - Alberto Alesina is the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University, and a research associate and director of the Political Economy Program at the NBER |
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