Making America's Budget Policy from the 1980's to the 1990's

Joseph J. Minarik

Part 1 Intruduction; Chapter 1 The Making of Tax and Fiscal Policy: An Overview; Part 2 The Policy Environment of the 1980s; Chapter 2 Tax Policy in Historical Perspective; Chapter 3 What's in Store for the Income Tax?; Part 3 Economic and Political Issues; Chapter 4 Why Bradley-Gephardt?; Chapter 5 Semantics of the Flat Rate Tax and Tax Reform; Chapter 6 Tax Reform at the Crossroads; Chapter 7 Tax Reform: Up from the Ashes; Part 4 Tax Reform: Legislative Process and Outcome; Chapter 8 Tax Reform: What Does It Mean?; Chapter 9 How Tax Reform Came About; Chapter 10 Tax Policy Issues Raised by Tax Reform; Part 5 Persistent Deficits and the Implications For The 1990s; Chapter 11 Fiscal Reality and Exploding Myths;