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African Americans Economic conditions Budget deficits United States Fiscal policy Fiscal policy United States Fiscal policy United States History 20th century Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Taxation United States United States Economic conditions 21st century United States Economic policy 21st centuryKelton, Stephanie
Summary: "Any ambitious proposal - ranging from fixing crumbling infrastructure to Medicare for all or preventing the coming climate apocalypse - inevitably sparks questions: how can we afford it? How can we pay for it? Stephanie Kelton points out how misguided those questions really are by using the bold ideas of modern monetary theory (MMT), a fundamentally different approach to using our resources to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs, Hatchette Book Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.5 KELKudlow, Lawrence.
Summary: John F. Kennedy was the first president since the 1920s to slash tax rates across-the-board. One person who followed JFK's tax-cut growth model was Ronald Reagan. The never before told story is the link between JFK and Ronald Reagan. This is the secret history of American prosperity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 330.9 KUDWarren, Elizabeth
Summary: "Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America's middle class, and by the time the people of Massachusetts elected her in 2012, she had become one of the country's leading progressive voices. Now, at a perilous moment for our nation, she has written a book that is at once an illuminating account of how we built the strongest middle class in history, a scathing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 WARBlinder, Alan S.
Summary: "In this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world's most influential economists and one of the field's best writers, draws on his deep firsthand experience to provide an authoritative account of sixty years of monetary and fiscal policy in the United States. Spanning twelve presidents, from John F. Kennedy to Joe Biden, and eight Federal Reserve chairs, from William McChesney Martin to Jerome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.973 BLIKudlow, Lawrence.
Summary: "The fascinating, suppressed history of how JFK pioneered supply-side economics, "--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339 KUDBrown, Dorothy A.
Summary: "An exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy. Dorothy A. Brown became a tax lawyer to get away from race. As a young Black girl growing up in the South Bronx, she'd seen how racism limited the lives of her family and neighbors. Her law school classes offered a refreshing contrast: tax law was about numbers, and the only color that mattered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343.73 BROKramer, Mattea/ Comerford, Jo (CON)/ Dana, Samantha (CON)/ Heady, Sheila (CON)/ Hellman, Chris (CON)
Summary: From history of the budget process to detail about the ongoing conflict in Washington, from charts explaining where every federal dollar goes to simple explanations of budget terminology, this book about the federal budget also covers up-to-the-minute numbers and an explanation of President Obamas 2013 budget request.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Interlink Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.4 KRAPhillips-Fein, Kim
Summary: " An epic and riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster--and an anatomy of the politics of austerity that continues to shape the world today When the news broke in 1975 that New York City was on the brink of fiscal collapse, few believed it was possible: how could the capital of the financial world go bankrupt? And yet the city was billions of dollars--maybe twelve, maybe...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 PHIReinhart, Carmen M.
Summary: An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.5 REIGale, William G
Summary: " Keeping the economy strong will require addressing two distinct but related problems. Steadily rising federal debt makes it harder to grow our economy, boost our living standards, respond to wars or recessions, address social needs, and maintain our role as a global leader. At the same time, we have let critical investments lag and left many people behind even as overall prosperity has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019