Policymakers and observers address taxation, spending, the budget deficit, and policy formation and implementation.

Economists, trade policy experts, and legislators express their views on the competitive position of the United States in world trade.

Is consumption the key to fostering economic growth and labor productivity?

Contributors review the collapse of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates and the historic 1985 agreement by the Group of Five.

The author offers recommendations for improving developing country debt.

The author concludes that fiscal policy is a more potent countercyclival tool than monetary policy under flexible exchange rates.

Policymakers and observers address taxation, spending, the budget deficit, and policy formation and implementation.

Is consumption the key to fostering economic growth and labor productivity?

Economists, trade policy experts, and legislators express their views on the competitive position of the United States in world trade.

The author offers recommendations for improving developing country debt.