Paul Krugman dissects the Bush tax proposal and shows us who wins, who loses, and how quickly the tax cuts will consume the surplus. Always the equal-opportunity critic when it comes to faulty economics, Krugman also tucks into the Democratic alternatives to the Bush plan.
Paul Krugman dissects the Bush tax proposal and shows us who wins, who loses, and how quickly the tax cuts will consume the surplus. Always the equal-opportunity critic when it comes to faulty economics, Krugman also tucks into the Democratic alternatives to the Bush plan.
In Surrender, Michael Meeropol takes a close look at what actually happened to the American economy during the years of the "Reagan Revolution, " revealing with compelling evidence the policies that were truly responsible forthe failure to generate rapid growth and other economi…
"Policy experts address how to bring federal spending and revenue in line over the next decade and into balance over the longer term, focusing on reforms in the tax system, Social Security, and Medicare"--
In the United States many important programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are paid from trust funds. This book provides the first comprehensive study of this significant yet little-studied feature of the American welfare state, and also raises a fundamental question of…