Rules and Restraint
Subtitle: Government Spending and the Design of Institutions (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: October 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780226682594
Subjects: Budgeting & financial management; Public Finance; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Political Science; Medical / Nursing; Politics/International Relations; USA; Public Health; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Political Science / Economic Policy; Budget; Finance, Public; United States
Description: Government spending has increased dramatically in the United States since World War II. Drawing on examples from the federal and state governments, 'Rules and Restraint' explains in nontechnical prose why budget rules tend to fail, and proposes alternatives for imposing much-needed fiscal discipline on our legislation.