Our growing national debt has dropped out of the headlines recently - but that doesn't mean that the problem has gone away. The truth is that there is no way to address America's debt problem without reforming entitlements. This book provides a critical analysis of these entitlement programs and lays out much needed solutions for real reform.
Reforming Government's Role in the Monetary System
50 years ago, an important volume, In Search of a Monetary Constitution, was published, focusing on the need for a monetary constitution-constraints on the creation of money by the government. Commemorating the volume's 50th anniversary, this title seeks to spark a new discussion of the vital issue of constitutional monetary reform.
A common critique of globalization is that it causes economic segmentation and even disintegration of the national economy. While globalization has its benefits, such as higher economic growth, and costs, such as external shocks, the author's findings show that India has benefited from globalization more than it has been victimized by it.
How Economic Forces and Moral Persuasion Interact to Shape Regulatory Politics
Policy analysts, academics, journalists, and even politicians lament the influence of money on politics. But in the political economy, politicians often carefully design regulations so that two very different interest groups will be satisfied. The Bootlegger and Baptist theory, an innovative public choice theory developed more than 30 years ago, ......
When government imposes new taxes, rules, or regulations, it creates outcomes that often differ from the original intent. In some cases, these outcomes are so severe that they render the policy a failure. The law of unintended consequences has taken on an increasing importance during the era of ever-expanding government, and this book explores ......
In 1966, Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy published Monopoly Capital, a monumental work of economic theory and social criticism that sought to reveal the basic nature of the capitalism of their time. Their theory, and its continuing elaboration by Sweezy, Harry Magdoff, and others in Monthly Review magazine, infl uenced generations of radical and ......
In this Essentials Edition of Governing States and Localities, authors Kevin Smith and Alan Greenblatt retain the hallmarks of their bestselling introductory text by blending the latest scholarship with engaging journalistic writing, crisp storytelling, and class-tested pedagogy. Based on market feedback, the authors distilled core topics and cut out policy coverage some instructors do not have time to cover, but kept the ever-important finance chapter and a beautiful full-color interior design. This value-priced, ten-chapter text utilizes the comparative approach to ensure that students walk away from the course understanding how and why states and localities are both similar and different in institutional structure, culture, history, geography, economy, and demographics.
Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development
Offers a guide for cause-oriented people dedicated to begin or enhance careers in the now burgeoning fields of international affairs. This edition offers ten new and four significantly updated profiles as well as new and expanded concepts.
A collection of essays that explore the collapse of economic growth in Venezuela since the 1970s. Essays discuss the relevance of public investment, labor markets, fiscal policy, institutions, politics, and values.
