fiscal policy

Current Thinking on Fiscal Policy
$95.00
This book develops current thinking on fiscal policy, emphasizing the role which fiscal policy can play in macroeconomic policy and?challenging the view that macroeconomic policy should rely on monetary policy alone.?This book?offers theoretical insights in defence?of fiscal policy as a valid macroeconomic instrument.

Charlie Rose with Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Tim McCarver (April 7, 1998)
$24.95
First, Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) discusses the future of Social Security, taxes, the national debt, and more. Then, baseball commentator Tim McCarver discusses his great love of the American pastime, his various jobs as an announcer and analyst, and his new book, Baseball for Brain SurgeonsThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy
$40.00
The United States's post-World War II emphasis on activist fiscal policy for short-term economic stabilization was called into question in the 1960s, and by the late 1980s was superseded by the view that fiscal policy should focus on long-run structural concerns. For the past two decades both public policy and economic research emphasized monetary policy as a stabilization tool. But there remain issues in American macroeconomic policy having to do with budget deficits, present and projected, as well as a recent revival of interest in fiscal policy as a stabilization tool. Overall, the academic pendulum is swinging back towards a renewed consideration of fiscal policy.

This volume brings together leading researchers and policy makers to assess the effectiveness and consequences of fiscal policy. Drawing on postwar policy experience and recent economic research, this book offers a state-of-the-art consideration of where fiscal policy stands today. Contributors address both the appropriateness of fiscal policy as a tool for short-run macroeconomic stabilization and the longer-term impact of fiscal decisions and economic policy. Topics covered include the legacy of the Reagan administration's tax cuts; whether public policy has encouraged such behavior as "overconsumption," which may foster persistent budget and trade deficits; and, in light of recent experience, how and when fiscal policy might be appropriate as a short-term stabilization tool.

Contributors:
Alan J. Auerbach, Susanto Basu, Olivier J. Blanchard, Alan S. Blinder, Barry P. Bosworth, W. Elliott Brownlee, William H. Buiter, Jonathan Coppel, Jean-Philippe Cotis, Luiz de Mello, James S. Duesenberry, Douglas W. Elmendorf, Eric Engen, Jeffrey A. Frankel, Benjamin M. Friedman, Richard W. Kopcke, Catherine L. Mann, Van Doorn Ooms, Rudolph G. Penner, Alice M. Rivlin, Christopher A. Sims, C. Eugene Steuerle, Geoffrey M.B. Tootell, Robert K. Triest, Edwin M. Truman

Economist's View
$1.99
Economics analysis and commentaryKindle blogs are fully downloaded onto your Kindle so you can read them even when you're not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images, and are updated wirelessly throughout the day.