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050 00 $aHJ8119$b.Y37 2008
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100 1 $aYarrow, Andrew L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90679014
245 10 $aForgive us our debts :$bthe intergenerational dangers of fiscal irresponsibility /$cAndrew L. Yarrow.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axii, 171 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-165) and index.
505 00 $tThe View from Washington: Six Democrats and Six Republicans Talk About Debt -- $g1.$tWhat Are Deficits and Debt, and Why Are They Growing? -- $g2.$tBalancing and Unbalancing Our Budget: A History of Government Debt in the United States -- $g3.$tHow Deficits Are Funded -- $g4.$tHow Deficits and Debt Affect America and You -- $g5.$tThe Potential Dangers of Doing Nothing, or Fiddling While Our Economy Goes Up in Smoke -- $g6.$tThe Politics of Deficits and Debt -- $g7.$tWhat Can and Should Be Done to Reduce America's Deficits and Debt? -- $g8.$tConcluding Thoughts: A Nation That Balances Its Books and a Government That Invests in America's Future.
520 1 $a"In this immensely timely book, Andrew Yarrow brings the sometimes eye-glazing discussion of national debt down to earth, explaining in accessible terms why federal debt is rising (and will soon rise much faster), what effects it may have on Americans if debt is not brought under control, why our government borrows, and what it will take to pay it all back." "The picture Yarrow paints should concern all Americans. Specifically, he brings to light how rising Medicare, Social Security, and other spending on one hand, and insufficient government revenues on the other, make a mockery of fiscal responsibility. Deficits and debt, Yarrow asserts, are crowding out spending on needed investments in science, environment, infrastructure, and other domestic discretionary programs and could severely harm our nation's and our citizens' future. But he makes clear that this does not have to be a doomsday scenario. If we act in a bipartisan fashion to restore fiscal health, we can leave the next generation a much better legacy than trillions of dollars of IOUs."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aDebts, Public$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102100
650 0 $aBudget deficits$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101781
650 0 $aFiscal policy$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103784
852 00 $boff,bus$hHJ8119$i.Y37 2008