Pathways to fiscal reform in the United States

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Pathways to fiscal reform in the United States

Statement of responsibility

edited by John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow

Creator

• Diamond, John W

Contributor

• Zodrow, George R

Editor

• Zodrow, George R
• Diamond, John W

Subject

• Debts, Public -- United States
• Taxation -- United States
• United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
• Fiscal policy -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

The United States and other advanced economies in the Eurozone and elsewhere face severe fiscal problems. The United States is on an unsustainable dynamic path; absent corrective fiscal policies, federal deficits and debts relative to gross domestic product will continue to increase dramatically. In this book, experts consider possible fiscal reforms aimed at addressing the debt problem, focusing on entitlement programs, budgetary issues and processes, and individual and corporate income tax reform. The contributors address such topics as the interaction of rising health care costs and the level of federal expenditures; alternative methods for evaluating the fiscal health and sustainability of Social Security; the effectiveness of budgetary constraints imposed on the states, including balanced budget amendments and debt ceilings; approaches to curtailing individual tax expenditures and methods for increasing the progressivity of the tax system; and the effects of traditional base-broadening, rate-reducing corporate income tax reforms.--

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Dewey number

336.73

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography