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About this book
This vital resource is devoted to providing nonpartisan, objective analysis of the national debt, including leading drivers of the debt, the budgetary process, and claims and counter-claims about national debt benefits and drawbacks.
This indispensable resource provides readers with a clear and unbiased understanding of the national debt and its relationship to the US economic system. The book addresses the foundations and major elements of America's budgetary process, details how government taxing and spending priorities impact the nation's debt, explains the difference between deficits and debt, and summarizes dominant conservative and liberal economic perspectives on the national debt and related fiscal issues.
Utilizing authoritative resources and accessible, lay-friendly terminology, this book punctures popular myths and misconceptions about America's national debt. It also shines a light on the numerous economic, social, and political drivers of our national conversation about the debt - and the ways in which the national debt is likely to influence the lives of future generations of Americans. At a time when American political discourse often descends into fact-free zones of wishful thinking and deceptive claims, this book provides information for readers to truly understand the national debt.
This indispensable resource provides readers with a clear and unbiased understanding of the national debt and its relationship to the US economic system. The book addresses the foundations and major elements of America's budgetary process, details how government taxing and spending priorities impact the nation's debt, explains the difference between deficits and debt, and summarizes dominant conservative and liberal economic perspectives on the national debt and related fiscal issues.
Utilizing authoritative resources and accessible, lay-friendly terminology, this book punctures popular myths and misconceptions about America's national debt. It also shines a light on the numerous economic, social, and political drivers of our national conversation about the debt - and the ways in which the national debt is likely to influence the lives of future generations of Americans. At a time when American political discourse often descends into fact-free zones of wishful thinking and deceptive claims, this book provides information for readers to truly understand the national debt.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- How to Use This Book
- 1. America’s National Debt throughout History
- 2. Thinking Critically about Debt
- 3. Congress and the Power of the Purse
- 4. Taxing, Spending, and Debt as Public Policy Issues
- 5. Government Shutdowns
- 6. The Financial Crisis and Austerity Measures
- 7. The Implications of Debt
- 8. Reforms and the Landscape Ahead
- Index