Economics, Politics, and American Public Policy

✍ Scribed by James Gosling, Marc Allen Eisner

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe / Routledge
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 264
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This text introduces students to the interrelationship of politics and economics in American public policymaking: how economic concerns have been legislated into law since Franklin Roosevelt's time and how politics (e.g., Washington gridlock) affects the economy and the making of public policy. Students learn how to measure various indicators of economic performance, how the U.S. economy works (domestically and with international linkages), and how and why policymakers act to stabilise an economy in an economic downturn. Additionally, many social insurance programs (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid) are explained and the current fiscal issues concerning current/future costs are treated in some detail. The book concludes with a full chapter case study on the Obama administration's response to the Great Recession and its dealings with Congress; the implementation of the Affordable Care Act is also discussed.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
1. An Introduction to America's Political Economy
2. Measuring Economic Performance
3. Fiscal Policy
4. Monetary Policy
5. Deficits and Debt
6. America in a Global Economy
7. Government Regulation and Deregulation
8. Government and Social Provisioning
9. Rising Inequality and the Middle-Class Squeeze
10. The Great Recession
Glossary
Index
About the Authors

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