Deficit: why should I care?

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Presents an introduction to the basic principles of the federal deficit, discussing such topics as the history of public debts, the rationale for deficit spending in a recession, and arguments for and against deficit reduction.

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Full title :Deficit : why should I care? / by Marie Bussing-Burks.

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Publication Date:©2011.

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Publisher(s):Apress
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

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Description:1 online resource (xvi, 125 pages)

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ISBN:9781430236603, 1430236604
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4302-3660-3
oclc:ocn758341824
LC Classification:HJ8119
Dewey Decimal:336.340973

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Crash Course on the National Debt; Government-Provided Goods and Services; Financial Management, Government Style; Taxing; Borrowing; Budgeting; Problem Area: Social Security; Problem Areas: Medicare and Medicaid; The Budget Equation: Receipts less Outlays; Deficits and Business Cycles; December 2007 Recession; CHAPTER 2 A Huge Credit Card; History of the Debt; Think Like an Economist; Liberty Bonds; War Bonds; Who Owns the Debt?; Public Debt.

Government DebtMarketable vs. Nonmarketable Obligations; Marketable Securities; Treasury Bills; Treasury Notes and Bonds; Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS); Nonmarketable Securities: Savings Bonds; Series EE Savings Bonds; Series I Savings Bonds; Foreign Investors; Interest Payments; Summary; CHAPTER 3 Deficit and Debt Projections; Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Macroeconomic Goals of Fiscal Policy; Tools of Fiscal Policy; Taxes; Government Spending; The Multiplier Effect; Discretionary Fiscal Policy; The Supply-Siders; Transfer Payments; Progressive Income Taxes.

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Budget deficits Budget deficits -- United States Business & Economics -- Public Finance Debts, Public Debts, Public -- United States Déficit budgétaire -- États-Unis Deficit financing Deficit financing -- United States Dettes publiques -- États-Unis Financement par le déficit -- États-Unis Fiscal policy Fiscal policy -- United States Government spending policy Government spending policy -- United St… Informatique politique fiscale -- Etats-Unis United States United States -- Appropriations and exp…