Forgive us our debts [electronic resource] : the intergenerational dangers of fiscal irresponsibility / Andrew L. Yarrow.

By: Yarrow, Andrew LContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008Description: xii, 171 p. : illSubject(s): Debts, Public -- United States | Budget deficits -- United States | Fiscal policy -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 336.3/40973 LOC classification: HJ8119 | .Y37 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
What are deficits and debt, and why are they growing? -- Balancing and unbalancing our budget : a history of government debt in the United States -- How deficits are funded -- How deficits and debt affect America and you -- The potential dangers of doing nothing, or fiddling while our economy goes up in smoke -- The politics of deficits and debt -- What can and should be done to reduce America's deficits and debt? -- Concluding thoughts : a nation that balances its books and a government that invests in America's future.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-165) and index.

What are deficits and debt, and why are they growing? -- Balancing and unbalancing our budget : a history of government debt in the United States -- How deficits are funded -- How deficits and debt affect America and you -- The potential dangers of doing nothing, or fiddling while our economy goes up in smoke -- The politics of deficits and debt -- What can and should be done to reduce America's deficits and debt? -- Concluding thoughts : a nation that balances its books and a government that invests in America's future.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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