The Politics of Bad Ideas
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The Politics of Bad Ideas

The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America

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The Politics of Bad Ideas

The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America

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This highly anticipated addition to the "Great Questions in Politics" series offers a provocative argument about the persistence of bad ideas in shaping American economic policy. The result of a collaboration between political scientist Bryan D. Jones and economist Walter Williams, The Politics of Bad Ideas is indispensable reading for any study of American government, public policy, or economic and budgetary analysis. The Politics of Bad Ideas examines why, over the last quarter century, bad economic ideas -- such as cutting taxes without cutting spending -- have become so influential in shaping government policies. Using in-depth research and trenchant political and economic analysis, the book explores why those bad ideas continue to survive despite overwhelming evidence that they in fact cause damage to the federal government's long-term fiscal stability and the American economy.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
9781317343035
Edition
1
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Public Finance
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1 The Politics of Bad Ideas
  7. Chapter 2 The Tax Cut Theories
  8. Chapter 3 Evaluating the Claims
  9. Chapter 4 Budgetary Politics and the Spending Mind-Set
  10. Chapter 5 Institutions, Rules, and Politics
  11. Chapter 6 Big Government Republicanism Costs Money
  12. Chapter 7 Politics, Economics, and Tax Theories
  13. Chapter 8 The Impacts of Recent Fiscal Policies on America
  14. Chapter 9 The Rise and Decline of Reality-Based Policymaking in the Federal Government, 1945-2007
  15. Chapter 10 The Role of Institutions
  16. Chapter 11 Why Do Bad Ideas Persist?
  17. Chapter 12 Escaping the Dead Weight of Bad Ideas
  18. Appendix More Detailed Analyses of Results Presented in Chapter 3
  19. Index