The politics of bad ideas : the great tax cut delusion and the decline of good government in America / Bryan D. Jones, Walter Williams.
By: Jones, Bryan D
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Contributor(s): Williams, Walter.
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TextPublisher: New York : Pearson Longman, c2008General Notes: "Contains a new introduction as part of the frontmatter and an epilogue at the end"--Publisher.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xxvii, 388 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780205605385 (pbk.); 0205605389 (pbk.).Subject(s): Fiscal policy -- United States | Taxation -- United States | Budget deficits -- United StatesDDC classification: 336.73 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 336.73 J711 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003704764 |
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"Contains a new introduction as part of the frontmatter and an epilogue at the end"--Publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction: Off center or off course -- 1: Politics of bad ideas -- 2: Tax cut theories -- 3: Evaluating the claims -- 4: Budgetary politics and the spending mind-set -- 5: Institutions, rules, and politics -- 6: Big government Republicanism costs money -- 7: Politics, economics, and tax theories -- 8: Impacts of recent fiscal policies on America -- 9: Rise and decline of reality-based policymaking in the federal government, 1945-2007 -- 10: Role of institutions -- 11: Why do bad ideas persist? -- 12: Escaping the dead weight of bad ideas -- Epilogue: Look at the future -- Appendix: More detailed analyses of results presented in chapter 3 -- Index.
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