Why budgets matter [electronic resource] : budget policy and American politics / Dennis S. Ippolito.
"Provides a comprehensive account of how conflicts over taxes, spending, deficits, and debt have shaped American political development from the nation's founding until today"--Provided by publisher.
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Language: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2015]
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Edition: | Revised and updated edition. |
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Variant Title: |
Why Budgets Matter: Budget Policy and American Politics |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Perspectives on budget policy
- The "small government" era (1789-1860)
- Budgeting for government growth (1860-1915)
- The transition to modern government (1915-1940)
- War and defense budgets (1940-1970)
- Social welfare budgets and deficits (1970-1990)
- Reconciliation and balanced budgets (1990-2001)
- Destabilizing budget policy (2001-).