Restoring America's fiscal constitution /
This book proposes new fiscal rules to address the debt crisis, including a balanced budget amendment and a deficit-debt brake. It estimates the impact of the proposed rules on the economy over the next two decades.
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Lexington Books,
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Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
This book proposes new fiscal rules to address the debt crisis, including a balanced budget amendment and a deficit-debt brake. It estimates the impact of the proposed rules on the economy over the next two decades. |
Carrier Form: | xv, 241 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-235) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781498553537 (hardcover) : 1498553532 (hardcover) 9781498553544 (electronic) 1498553540 (electronic) |
Index Number: | HJ8119 |
CLC: | F817.120 |
Call Number: | F817.120/M569 |
Contents: | Chapter 1; Theoretical Foundations of America's Fiscal Constitution; The Keynesian Revolution; The Monetarist Revolution; Public Choice Perspectives; Chapter 2; A New Era of Fiscal Rules; Expenditure Rules Emerge as the Anchor of a Sound Public Financial Management System; Modeling Debt Brakes in the Monopolist State; Debt Brakes Direct Democracy and Federalism3; The Swiss Debt Brake: The Gold Standard for Fiscal Rules; Direct Democracy, Federalism, and the Swiss Debt brake ; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3; Fiscal Rules in Euroland Revisited; A Progress Report on the Fiscal Compact |