Edward D Kleinbard

We Are Better Than This

How Government Should Spend Our Money

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Produktbeschreibung

In We Are Better Than This, Edward D. Kleinbard explores how budget debates in the United States are overly focused on tax policy. What is missing, according to Kleinbard, is a rational and serious debate about spending policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780190496685
• ISBN-10: 0190496681
• Artikelnr.: 47869769

Autorenporträt

Edward D. Kleinbard is the Johnson Professor of Law and Business at the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law and a Fellow at The Century Foundation. Prior to these appointments, Professor Kleinbard served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation, the nonpartisan tax resource to Congress.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: OUR FISCAL SOUL IN PERIL
Chapter 1: The Happiness of Society
Chapter 2: Our Descent from Moral Philosophy to Narcissism
Chapter 3: Our Dismal Report Card
Chapter 4: Inequality Defenders, Deniers and Dissemblers
Chapter 5: The Growth Fairy
PART II: STARVING OUR FISCAL SOUL
Chapter 6: An Overweight Government?
Chapter 7: Are High Taxes Killing Us?
Chapter 8: The Hidden Hand of Government Spending
Chapter 9: A Field Guide to False Fiscal Crises
PART III: RECLAIMING OUR FISCAL SOUL
Chapter 10: Government Investment
Chapter 11: Government As Insurer
Chapter 12: From Progressive Tax to Progressive Fiscal System
Chapter 13: The Better Base Case
Chapter 14: Conclusion: We Are Better Than This