Bucking the deficit
Subtitle: economic policymaking in America
By: G. Calvin Mackenzie & Saranna Thornton.
Contributors: Thornton, Saranna.
Series: Dilemmas in American politics
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Budget deficits -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Finance, Public -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Economic policy
Description: Why have the monsters of public finance - pork-barrel spending, entitlements, and the deficit - remained unchecked for so long? What effects have they had on our economy and our politics? In this concise, well-written primer of American political economy, political scientist Cal Mackenzie and economist Saranna Thornton combine forces to clear up some of the mysteries of contemporary economic theory and practice.

They take us on a sweeping tour of the economic turning points in our national history and then go on to discuss what it will take to make sound economic policy and, ultimately, good government for the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.