America's Fiscal Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Fiscal Constitution write by Bill White. This book was released on 2014-04-01. America's Fiscal Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What would Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Truman, and Eisenhower have done about today's federal debt crisis? America's Fiscal Constitution tells the remarkable story of fiscal heroes who imposed clear limits on the use of federal debt, limits that for two centuries were part of an unwritten constitution. Those national leaders borrowed only for extraordinary purposes and relied on well-defined budget practices to balance federal spending and revenues. That traditional fiscal constitution collapsed in 2001. Afterward -- for the first time in history -- federal elected officials cut taxes during war, funded permanent new programs entirely with debt, grew dependent on foreign creditors, and claimed that the economy could not thrive without routine federal borrowing. For most of the nation's history, conservatives fought to restrain the growth of government by insisting that new programs be paid for with taxation, while progressives sought to preserve opportunities for people on the way up by balancing budgets. Virtually all mainstream politicians recognized that excessive debt could jeopardize private investment and national independence. With original scholarship and the benefit of experience in finance and public service, Bill White dispels common budget myths and distills practical lessons from the nation's five previous spikes in debt. America's Fiscal Constitution offers an objective and hopeful guide for people trying to make sense of the nation's current, most severe, debt crisis and its impact on their lives and our future.
Founding Choices
Founding Choices - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Founding Choices write by Douglas A. Irwin. This book was released on 2011-01-15. Founding Choices available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research conference held at Dartmouth College on May 8-9, 2009.
Restoring America's Fiscal Constitution
Restoring America's Fiscal Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Restoring America's Fiscal Constitution write by John Merrifield. This book was released on 2017-09-28. Restoring America's Fiscal Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Restoring America’s Fiscal Constitution estimates the potential impact of new fiscal rules on the U.S. economy over the next two decades. The new rules would require a cyclically balanced budget and an expenditure limit. The study shows that over the forecast period, the budget could be balanced and the total debt-to-GDP ratio reduced to the 60 percent tolerance level under this scheme, but this fiscal consolidation can only be achieved using a combination of fiscal reforms that go far beyond what has been proposed by Congress and the President. The first chapter explores the theoretical foundations of a fiscal constitution. The orthodox public finance view of public debt is contrasted with a public choice perspective. This is followed by chapters surveying the new fiscal rules enacted in other countries to address debt issues. Several chapters provide a historical perspective on U.S. debt, including a critical appraisal of our fiscal rules. New laws are proposed to address the debt crisis, and a dynamic simulation model is used to estimate the impact of the proposed laws on the U.S. economy. The final section provides a roadmap for enacting the proposed constitutional and statutory fiscal rules.
A Fiscal Cliff
A Fiscal Cliff - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Fiscal Cliff write by John Merrifield. This book was released on 2020-10-20. A Fiscal Cliff available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "'A Fiscal Cliff' is precisely the right book for perilous fiscal times. Giants in economics and public policy offer a spirited defense of fiscal rules critically needed to protect our children and grandchildren from a bleak future." -Richard K. Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus, Ohio University/p> The unsustainable, and still rapidly growing, U.S. federal government debt is a classic case of ‘'in denial.” Indeed, we are no closer to a solution to the debt crisis than we were ten years ago when the Simpson-Bowles Commission issued a report with recommendations to address the nation's debt crisis. The bipartisan Commission fell short of the supermajority vote required to submit their recommendations to Congress. President Trump declared a debt crisis, but didn't act like it. Various commissions and think tanks have made numerous recommendations. In 2019, a Congressional Committee was appointed to recommend budget process reforms, but that Committee could not agree on any recommendations to submit to Congress. While the dominant sentiment is that maybe if we ignore it, it will just go away, the debt crisis will not just vanish. A Fiscal Cliff: New Perspectives on the U.S. Debt Crisis is a timely addition to a critical policy discussion.
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States write by Charles A. Beard. This book was released on 2012-03-08. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This classic study — one of the most influential in the area of American economic history — questioned the founding fathers' motivations and prompted new perceptions of the supreme law of the land.
