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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798455003321

Autore

Merrifield John <1955->

Titolo

Can the debt growth be stopped? : rules-based policy options for addressing the federal fiscal crisis / / John D. Merrifield and Barry W. Poulson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-1810-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts

Disciplina

336.3/40973

Soggetti

Debts, Public

Public administration - United States

Public administration

Fiscal policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

A new era of fiscal rules -- Economic analysis of fiscal rules -- Case studies : fiscal rules in Switzerland and Sweden -- Fiscal rules in the U.S -- Should the U.S. go Swiss? -- Designing a new fiscal rule for the U.S. -- Toward a new budget process -- The political economy of new fiscal rules.