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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784491503321

Titolo

Restoring fiscal sanity, 2005 [[electronic resource] ] : meeting the long-run challenge / / Alice M. Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-81323-7

9786610813230

0-8157-0528-X

0-8157-9779-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RivlinAlice M

SawhillIsabel V

Disciplina

352.4/0973

Soggetti

Budget - United States

Government spending policy - United States

Budget deficits - United States

Fiscal policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dimensions of the budget problem / Rudolph G. Penner and Alice Rivlin -- The size and role of government / Alice M. Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill -- Social security / Peter R. Orszag and John B. Shoven -- Health / Henry J. Aaron and Jack Meyer -- Tax policy solutions / William G. Gale and C. Eugene Steuerle -- The politics of deficit reduction / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill.

Sommario/riassunto

"Policy experts address how to bring federal spending and revenue in line over the next decade and into balance over the longer term, focusing on reforms in the tax system, Social Security, and Medicare"--Provided by publisher.