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When Bush came to office in 2001, the 10-year budget balance was officially projected to be at a surplus of $5.6 trillion. But, after three big tax cuts, the bursting of the stock-market bubble, and the devastating effects of 9/11on the economy, the surplus has evaporated, and the deficit is expected to grow to $ 5-trillion over the next decade. The domestic deficit is only the half of it. Given our $500 billion trade deficit and our anemic savings...
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Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
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English
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"The size of government is arguably the most controversial discussion in United States politics, and this issue won't fade from prominence any time soon. There must surely be a tipping point beyond which more government taxing and spending harms the economy, but where is that point? In this accessible book, best-selling authors Jeff Madrick, Jon Bakija, Lane Kenworthy, and Peter Lindert try to answer whether our government can grow any larger and...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2012
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xvii, 428 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
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English
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"This book examines the struggle between President Obama and the United States Congress to manage federal spending and tax policy for the three and one half years between 2009 and the summer of 2012. More than half the book focuses on the intense 44-day crisis in June and July 2011 when the United States came to the brink of a potentially catastrophic default on its debt."--Note to readers.
7) Broke
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Edition
Abridged ed.
Physical Desc
7 CDs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Conservative television and radio personality Glenn Beck takes listeners on a ride through 234 years of American history, starting with the American Revolution and ending with the 2008 recession. Here, Beck reveals how America has arrived at its current miserable state, exposing exactly where, when, and how the cracks formed in the American system.
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2013
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xviii, 743 p. ; 25 cm
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English
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In this revisionist history of the American state, former Reagan budget director and bestselling author David Stockman shows where capitalism went wrong, how it was corrupted, and how it might be restored. He argues that Washington -- and especially the Federal Reserve -- have fallen prey to the politics of crony capitalism and the ideologies of fiscal stimulus, monetary central planning, and financial bailouts. These policies have converged to bloat...
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Interlink Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xv, 219 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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From history of the budget process to detail about the ongoing conflict in Washington, from charts explaining where every federal dollar goes to simple explanations of budget terminology, this book about the federal budget also covers up-to-the-minute numbers and an explanation of President Obamas 2013 budget request.
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
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vii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"Any ambitious proposal - ranging from fixing crumbling infrastructure to Medicare for all or preventing the coming climate apocalypse - inevitably sparks questions: how can we afford it? How can we pay for it? Stephanie Kelton points out how misguided those questions really are by using the bold ideas of modern monetary theory (MMT), a fundamentally different approach to using our resources to maximize our potential as a society. We've been thinking...
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Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 406 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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English
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Beck makes the case that when you're traveling in the wrong direction, slight course corrections won't cut it. He exposes the idea of "transformation" for the progressive smokescreen that it is, while maintaining that a return to individual rights, an uncompromising adherence to the Constitution, and a complete rethinking about the role of government in a free society is the only way forward.
12) I.O.U.S.A
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Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"I.O.U.S.A. tells the story of America in debt. Faced with key deficits in budget, savings, trade and leadership, increased foreign competition and ballooning financial obligations, the federal government is critically overextended. With the economy already in shambles, 78 million baby boomers are now expecting retirement benefits from their indebted federal government. Weaving together archival footage, economic data and candid interviews with Warren...
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Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In White House Burning, Simon Johnson and James Kwak, authors of the national best seller 13 Bankers and cofounders of The Baseline Scenario, a widely cited blog on economics and public policy, demystify the national debt, explaining whence it came and what it means to you and to future generations. They tell the story of the Founding Fathers' divisive struggles over taxes and spending. They chart the rise of the almighty dollar, which makes it easy...
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