"This comprehensive explanation of the U.S. government's role in economics will be an eye-opener for anyone who wants to understand exactly what the government does--and doesn't do--in this most critical area"--

Networks, norms, and alliances -- Japan's financial system and persistence of systemic support -- The politics of the Japanese credit rating industry -- Japan's ideational developments and corporate governance -- The dilution of systemic support and growing contradictions.

Foreword--Preface--Acknowledgments--Introduction--Chapter 1: The origin and evolution of Mississippi's budget process and control over it--Chapter 2: Legislative power weakened--Chapter 3: The budget process, postreorganization, under Allain--Chapter 4: Temporarily enhanced executive influence...

1. Introduction -- 2. Debt Is the Price of Liberty -- 3. Bounded by War -- 4. Building a Visible Government -- 5. The End of Balanced Budgets -- 6. In Pursuit of Full Employment -- 7. A New Era of Congressional Budgeting -- 8. Breaking up the Budget Process