Assesses the options and possibilities for a sustainable federal budget. This comprehensive book considers a range of policy changes that could help put the budget on a sustainable path: reforms to reduce the rate of growth in spending for Medicare and Medicaid; options to reduce the growth rate...

This paper reviews and summarizes the literature that has concentrated on budget consolidations and their fiscal and economic effects. The issue of fiscal adjustments has again gained importance due to the recent economic crisis and the resulting fiscal imbalances. The existing literature shows...

Der Beginn eines nennenswerten Anstiegs der öffentlichen Verschuldung fällt in die Zeit der sozial-liberalen Koalition von 1969 bis 1982, die zugleich eine Politik der inneren Reformen propagierte. Mitte der 70er Jahre wird diese Politik durch einen anhaltenden Beschäftigungseinbruch...