Introduction : tax justice--the uneasy debate / Joseph J. Thorndike and Dennis J. Ventry Jr. -- Equity and the case for progressive taxation / Richard A. Musgrave -- Equity versus efficiency and the U.S. tax system in historical perspective / Dennis J. Ventry Jr. -- Economic history and the...

A new era of fiscal rules -- Economic analysis of fiscal rules -- Case studies : fiscal rules in Switzerland and Sweden -- Fiscal rules in the U.S -- Should the U.S. go Swiss? -- Designing a new fiscal rule for the U.S. -- Toward a new budget process -- The political economy of new fiscal rules