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

This collection of articles traces the evolution during the 1980s of budget policy and tax reform, and is written by an architect of the Bradley tax reform bill. They present a chronological analysis of tax changes and of the controversy over budget policy and the deficit.

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;