Evolution of the United States Budgeting

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part I Foundations of U. S. Budget Policies -- Chapter 1 Fiscal Institutions and Concepts -- Chapter 2 Financial Institutions and Concepts -- Part II An Overview of the Budget Process -- Chapter 3 Executive Formulation -- Chapter 4 Congressional Action -- Chapter 5 Budget Execution -- Part III Budget Content and Presentation -- Chapter 6 Trends in Budget Totals -- Chapter 7 Summary and Financing of the Federal Budget -- Part IV Budget Reporting and Control -- Chapter 8 Budget Authority, Capital Budgeting, and Impoundment -- Chapter 9 Current Services Budget, Tax Expenditures Budget, and Off- Budget Federal Entities and Activities -- Chapter 10 Perspectives on Deficits and Surpluses -- Part V The U. S. Budget in an International Setting -- Chapter 11 Megamacroeconomics and International Finance -- Chapter 12 Megamicroeconomics and Global Federalism -- Epilogue: Mega-economics and the Federal Budget -- References -- Index.