"Imperial Inequalities takes Western European empires and their legacies as the explicit starting point for discussion of issues of taxation and welfare. In doing so, it addresses the institutional and fiscal processes involved in modes of extraction, taxation, and the hierarchies of welfare...

This book charts the rise of consensus politics over the last two decades that has seen Republican and Conservative economic policy under Reagan, Bush, Thatcher and Major change little with Democrat and 'New' Labour under Clinton and Blair

This book is unique in its exclusive and comprehensive focus on the management of public funds. The book emphasizes defining terms, framing concepts, and examines common controversies in the field. The authors begin with a broad introduction to public finance administration. They then cover...

Exploring the forceful renewal of the boom-and-bust cycle after several decades of economic stability, this book is a research-based review of the factors that caused the 2008 recession. It offers cutting-edge diagnoses of the recession and prescriptions on how to boost the economy from leading...

Intro -- A GUIDE TO THE ECONOMICS AND FISCAL PERFORMANCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (1976-2007) -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT -- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES -- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING -- FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICITS AND SURPLUSES -- U.S. NATIONAL DEBT -- U.S. NATIONAL DEBT...

Intro -- PEACE AFTER CIVIL WARTHE ROLE OF FISCAL POLICY IN POST-CONFLICT AFRICAN ECONOMIES -- PEACE AFTER CIVIL WAR THE ROLE OF FISCAL POLICY IN POST-CONFLICT AFRICAN ECONOMIES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND...

This textbook examines corruption through a macroeconomic lens, exploring the relationship between corruption, fiscal policy, and political economy. It merges macroeconomic growth models with elements of political economic theory to address important applied topics such as income inequality...

Debt, private and public, and in particular excessive debt, has been debated to be one of the root causes of economic crises. At the same time, economic crises are believed to lead to an increase of debt. This book, through a range of contributors, explores certain constituents of an economy and...

The Late Middle Ages (c.1300–c.1500) saw the development of many of the key economic institutions of the modern unitary nation-state in Europe. After the "commercial revolution" of the thirteenth century, taxes on trade became increasingly significant contributors to government finances, and...