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Title:

Restoring fiscal sanity, 2005 : meeting the long-run challenge / Alice M. Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill, editors.

Publisher:

Brookings Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 146 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Budget--United States.
Government spending policy--United States.
Budget deficits--United States.
Fiscal policy--United States.

Other Authors:

Rivlin, Alice M.
Sawhill, Isabel V.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Dimensions of the budget problem / Rudolph G. Penner and Alice Rivlin -- The size and role of government / Alice M. Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill -- Social security / Peter R. Orszag and John B. Shoven -- Health / Henry J. Aaron and Jack Meyer -- Tax policy solutions / William G. Gale and C. Eugene Steuerle -- The politics of deficit reduction / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill.

Summary:

"Policy experts address how to bring federal spending and revenue in line over the next decade and into balance over the longer term, focusing on reforms in the tax system, Social Security, and Medicare"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780815774914
9780815774914 (paper : alk. paper)
0815774915 (paper : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58985613

LCCN:

2005009620

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)