Politics and Economics in the Eighties

Alberto Alesina editor Geoffrey Carliner editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Sep '91

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Is the federal budget deficit a result of congressional deadlocks, gross miscalculation of economic trends, or a Republican strategy to tie the budgetary hands of future Democratic leadership? To what extend does the partisan split between Congress and the executive branch constrain the president's agenda? In this volume, political scientists and economists tackle these and many other contentious issues, offering a variety of analytical perspectives.
Certain to provoke controversy, this interdisciplinary volume brings together policy experts to provide a coherent analysis of the most important economic policy changes of the 1980s. Through a detailed examination of voting patterns, monetary and fiscal policies, welfare spending, tax reform, minimum wage legislation, the savings and loan collapse, and international trade policy, the authors explore how politics can influence the direction of economic policymaking.

ISBN: 9780226012810

Dimensions: 22mm x 15mm x 2mm

Weight: 425g

306 pages