pt. 1. PART, PMA, BPI, and the quest for results -- pt. 2. State and local government and intergovernmental contexts -- pt. 3. The international context -- pt. 4. Tools for performance management and budgeting.

This paper presents an overview of the economic issues facing the American economy. Crisis and transformation scenarios are presented and supply-side versus demand-side economic policies are considered as approaches to revitalizing the economy. Issues such as the extent to which centralization...