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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"This book, edited and researched by experts at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), looks at fiscal adjustment plans in advanced economies, comparing the planned or projected reductions in debts and deficits to the actual outcomes. It also looks at whether spending exceeded expectations or revenues fell short of expectations, and why, and whether planned debt reductions proceeded faster or slower than projected. The concluding chapters provide...
Author
Series
IMF working paper volume WP/06/77
Publisher
International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Dept
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Author
Series
World Bank working paper volume no. 16
Publisher
World Bank
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending,...