Pathways to Fiscal Reform in the United States (Hardcover)

Experts discuss fiscal reforms intended to address the U.S. debt problem, examining entitlements, federal budgetary processes, and individual and corporate income taxes. The United States and other advanced economies in the Eurozone and elsewhere face severe fiscal problems. The United States is on an unsustainable dynamic path; absent corrective fiscal policies, federal deficits and debts relative to gross domestic product will continue to increase dramatically. In this book, experts consider possible fiscal reforms aimed at addressing the debt problem, focusing on entitlement programs, budgetary issues and processes, and individual and corporate income tax reform. The contributors address such topics as the interaction of rising health care costs and the level of federal expenditures; alternative methods for evaluating the fiscal health and sustainability of Social Security; the effectiveness of budgetary constraints imposed on the states, including balanced budget amendments and debt ceilings; approaches to curtailing individual tax expenditures and methods for increasing the progressivity of the tax system; and the effects of traditional base-broadening, rate-reducing corporate income tax reforms. Contributors Henry J. Aaron, James Alm, Rosanne Altshuler, Daniel Baneman, Joe Barnes, Robert J. Carroll, Ruud A. de Mooij, John W. Diamond, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Jane G. Gravelle, Peter R. Hartley, Vivian Ho, John Kitchen, Edward D. Kleinbard, John Mutti, Thomas S. Neubig, Mark V. Pauly, Rudolph G. Penner, Andrew J. Rettenmaier, Shanna Rose, Joseph Rosenberg, Daniel Smith, Eric Toder, Alan D. Viard, Roberton Williams, George R. Zodrow

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The MIT Press
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	John W. Diamond (Edward A. and Hermena Kelly Research Fellow in Tax Policy) • George R. Zodrow (Professor of Economics and Rice Scholar, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University)
Contributors:	John W. Diamond (Edward A. and Hermena Kelly Research Fellow in Tax Policy) • George R. Zodrow (Professor of Economics and Rice Scholar, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University) • Mark V. Pauly (Bendheim Professor; Professor of Health Care Systems, Business and Public Policy, Insurance and Risk) • Vivian Ho • Andrew J. Rettenmaier • Jagadeesh Gokhale • Henry J. Aaron • James Alm (Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of EconomicsSenior Associate, International Studies Pr)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-02830-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Public finance > General Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > General
LSN:	0-262-02830-1
Barcode:	9780262028301

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