"A compelling book on budget-balancing, past and present. Not only
is it a useful historical reference work but it is amazingly
relevant to today's headlines." --Business Week
Why did it take twenty-five years to balance the federal budget?
And why did that goal seem politically impossible up until the last
possible moment? Why hasn't the nation achieved a single budget
surplus since 1969? Why did the first Republican Congress since the
1950s fail so miserably to redeem its most important promise to
voters? In Balancing Act, George Hager and Eric Pianin, two of the
country's top political journalists, provide fascinating answers.
The question of the deficit is the reigning obsession of modern
politics. Never simply a quarrel over numbers, the deficit has
always been a moral issue as well as a fiscal one--a bitter fight
to the political death over competing ideas about the right to
shape the nation's values and to proclaim publicly what those
values are. Bringing key political players like Newt Gingrich, Bill
Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and George Mitchell vividly to life, Hager
and Pianin provide a gripping and revealing look at what goes on
behind the closed doors of Capitol Hill.
"Vivid . . . provocative . . . rich in anecdote and drama,
[Balancing Act] is a useful primer on the history of deficit
spending"
--Los Angeles Times
General
| Imprint: |
Vintage Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 1998 |
| First published: |
September 1998 |
| Authors: |
George Hager
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 142 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
368 |
| Edition: |
1st Vintage Books Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-679-75607-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-679-75607-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780679756071 |
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