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100 1 $aJones, Bryan D.
245 14 $aThe politics of bad ideas :$bthe great tax cut delusion and the decline of good government in America /$cBryan D. Jones, Walter Williams.
260 $aNew York :$bPearson Longman,$c©2008.
300 $axxvii, 388 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Introduction: Off center or off course -- 1: Politics of bad ideas -- 2: Tax cut theories -- 3: Evaluating the claims -- 4: Budgetary politics and the spending mind-set -- 5: Institutions, rules, and politics -- 6: Big government Republicanism costs money -- 7: Politics, economics, and tax theories -- 8: Impacts of recent fiscal policies on America -- 9: Rise and decline of reality-based policymaking in the federal government, 1945-2007 -- 10: Role of institutions -- 11: Why do bad ideas persist? -- 12: Escaping the dead weight of bad ideas -- Epilogue: Look at the future -- Appendix: More detailed analyses of results presented in chapter 3 -- Index.
500 $a"Contains a new introduction as part of the frontmatter and an epilogue at the end"--Publisher.
520 $aFrom the Publisher: For the past 25 years, Americans have been lead to believe that government can cut taxes without adjusting future spending and not harm government finance. Simply put, our government's economic policies have not worked as advertised. That is the conclusion by two prominent scholars in the field-Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams-and they support it with sharp and insightful analysis of the bad economic ideas that have shaped our economy. The authors look at the amazing resilience of these ideas and why they continue to survive, despite overwhelming evidence that they have caused damage to our long-term fiscal stability and the American economy. Ending on a positive note, Politics of Bad Ideas concludes with suggestions on how we can get out from under the dead weight of these destructive strategies.
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