fiscal policy

Describes different types of taxes; discusses government spending, budgeting, and fiscal policy; and offers suggestions on how readers can get involved with how the government spends, taxes, and manages its finances.

Answers over five hundred questions on the federal budget including where government funds come from, government spending, the budgeting process, the government's relationship to banking, and events in each administration from Franklin Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, and includes a bibliography.

Describes how federal, state, and local governments tax citizens, the different kinds of taxes, and how tax revenues are spent. Also explains how federal spending affects the national economy and discusses the federal deficit.

Examines financial crises of the past and discusses similarities between these events and the current crisis, presenting and comparing historical patterns in bank failures, inflation, debt, currency, housing, employment, and government spending.

A former head of the Government Accountability Office offers ideas on how to control spending, save Social Security, dramatically alter Medicare, and simplify the tax code, while taking into account the Obama administration's current efforts.

Collects thirteen critical essays that offer varying opinions about whether or not tax breaks help the economy.