Title: Supply-side follies : why conservative economics fails, liberal economics falters, and innovation economics is the answer /
Authors: Atkinson, Robert D.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Fiscal policy United States; Supply-side economics United States.; United States Economic policy; United States Economic policy
Abstract: "Supply-side follies is a progressive political and economic challenge to the current George W. Bush policies. It debunks commonly held assumptions of conservative economic policies centered on the obsession that tax cuts would lead to greater productivity and prosperity. These fundamentally flawed policies are setting the United States up for a major economic downturn in the near future."--Jacket.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- The supply-side revival -- The perfect Reagan republican -- What is supply-side economics? -- A brief history of supply-side economics -- Supply-side economics : from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush -- Let's look at the evidence -- Do lower taxes boost work? -- Do lower taxes boosts savings and investment? -- Do lower taxes lead to higher tax revenues? -- Do lower taxes affect inequality? -- Do lower taxes lead to higher rates of economic growth? -- Crafting an alternative -- Demand-side economics: an alternative blast from the past -- Growth economics: a policy for today's economy -- Appendix: growth economics policy proposals -- Bibliography -- Index.