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UNINA9910498493503321 |
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Madrick Jeffrey G |
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The case for big government [[electronic resource] /] / Jeff Madrick |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
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1-282-15876-7 |
9786612158766 |
1-4008-2878-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Collana |
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The public square book series |
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Soggetti |
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Organizational effectiveness |
United States Politics and government |
United States Economic policy 2001-2009 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Government and change in America. The danger of an ideology ; The evidence ; Looking-back narratives from the right and left ; The myth of laissez-faire ; The many uses of government in the 1800s ; Government as an agent of change in the 1900s ; The economic benefits of government ; Resisting a pragmatic government -- How much we have changed. The history of change ; The new challenge to the standard of living ; The broad threat to the American promise ; It's not just inequality ; When knowledge also changes ; The purpose of government ; Forsaking pragmatism for ideology -- What to do. Pessimism in America ; The failure of conventional wisdom ; America has the money ; An agenda. |
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Political conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government. But if this were true, noted economist Jeff Madrick argues, the nation would not be experiencing stagnant wages, rising health care costs, increasing unemployment, and concentrations of wealth for a narrow elite. In this perceptive and eye-opening book, Madrick proves that an engaged government--a big government of high taxes and wise regulations--is necessary for the social and economic answers that Americans desperately need in changing times. |
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He shows that the big governments of past eras fostered |
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UNINA9911008456703321 |
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Autore |
Rubin Irene |
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Titolo |
Balancing the federal budget : eating the seed corn or trimming the herds? / / Irene S. Rubin |
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New York, : Chatham House, c2003 |
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New York : , : Chatham House Publishers/Seven Bridges Press, , c2003 |
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©2003 |
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1-889119-62-8 |
0-585-45396-9 |
1-4833-4519-X |
1-4833-0169-9 |
1-322-28272-2 |
1-4833-7114-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Budget - United States - History - 20th century |
Administrative agencies - United States - Finance - History - 20th century |
Government spending policy - United States - History - 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 - 1981-98: Balancing the Budget: What Have We Learned? -- Chapter 2 - What Happened and What Was Learned -- Part One - Eating the Seed Corn? -- Chapter 3 - Information Agencies: Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of the Census -- Chapter 4 - Budget Offices -- Chapter 5 - General Accounting Office -- Part Two - Trimming the Herds? -- Chapter 6 - Department of Agriculture -- Chapter 7 - Department of Commerce -- Chapter 8 - Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Chapter 9 - Office of Personnel Management -- Chapter 10 - Eating the Seed Corn and Trimming the |
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Herds -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this timely book Irene Rubin focuses on how government tried and eventually succeeded in balancing the U.S. federal budget in 1998. With characteristic insight and a lively narrative, Rubin describes the successive efforts of Congress and the administration over seventeen years to shape a process that would encourage balance, as well as the reactions of federal agencies to the pressure. |
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