The politics of bad ideas : the great tax cut delusion and the decline of good government in America / Bryan D. Jones, Walter Williams.
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TextSeries: Great questions in politics seriesPublication details: New York : Pearson Longman, c2008Description: vi, 378 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780205600793 (pbk.); 0205600794 (pbk.)Subject(s): Fiscal policy -- United States | Taxation -- United States | Budget deficits -- United StatesDDC classification: 336.73 LOC classification: HJ257.3 | .J66 2008Online resources: Table of contents only | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The politics of bad ideas -- The tax cut theories -- Evaluating the claims -- Budgetary politics and the spending mind-set -- Institutions, rules, and politics -- Big government republicanism costs money -- Politics, economics, and tax theories -- The impacts of recent fiscal policies on America -- The rise and decline of reality-based policymaking in the Federal Government, 1945-2007 -- The role of institutions -- Why do bad ideas persist? -- Escaping the dead weight of bad ideas.
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