Yarrow, Andrew L.

Forgive us our debts the intergenerational dangers of fiscal irresponsibility / [electronic resource] : Andrew L. Yarrow. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008. - xii, 171 p. : ill.

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.


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Debts, Public--United States.
Budget deficits--United States.
Fiscal policy--United States.


Electronic books.

HJ8119 / .Y37 2008

336.3/40973