This article examines the impact of fiscal policy on economic activity in the framework of the important model developed by Blinder and Solow which assesses the macroeconomic impact of federal budgetary actions. In addition to raising some questions about Blinder and Solow's conclusions...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the proposed allocation of funds sunder the Better Communities Act of 1973 by assessing the degree to which funds are actually allocated according to specific formulas incorporated in the legislation. Under the Better Communities Act, funds would be...

This paper reassesses what works in banking regulation based on the new World Bank survey (Survey IV) of bank regulation and supervision around world. The paper briefly presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in more than 125 countries, makes comparisons with earlier...

Introduction -- Don't Give the Public What It Wants; Give the Public What it Needs -- Radio Is Good for You! The Rise of Educational Radio -- Carnegie's Lemon? The Birth of NPR -- Washington Verus The Sticks -- Left, Right, or Always Establishment? The Bias Issue, -- Newt [Gingrich] Cometh --...

This book presents an absorbing study of how educational radio, which originated to broadcast weather forecasts to farmers, has become what the Pew Center calls the most trusted source of news for American liberals and a regular in the rogue's gallery of election-year conservative targets. The...

part Part One. A New Deal or a New Dole?: Artists, Writers, and Federal One -- chapter A New Dealer, A New Deck -- chapter The Federal Writers’ Project -- chapter Art, Music, and Historical Records -- chapter Federal Theatre Project -- chapter Reds Under Beds, or Trodding Boards? -- chapter A...

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Decrepit Old Men Asking Only for Th eir Due: Th e Origins of the Veterans Lobby -- chapter 2 Shark-Infested Waters: Th e Scramble for Pensions after the Civil War -- chapter 3 Th e War to End All Wars Does Not End All Wars but Does Give Birth to the Boners and...

This paper presents new and official survey information on bank regulations in 142 countries and makes comparisons with two earlier surveys. The data do not suggest that countries have primarily reformed their bank regulations for the better over the last decade. Following Basel guidelines many...

This article investigates an alternative which permits tax reduction without significant effects on the output of public services: private-sector production of public services. Empirical evidence on a wide variety of services is examined: refuse collection, fire protection, debt collection,...