In contemporary American political discourse, issues related to the scope, authority, and the cost of the federal government are perennially at the center of discussion. Any historical analysis of this topic points directly to the Great Depression, the "moment" to which most historians and...

In both the UK and USA economies the budget deficit remains a central weakness. In the light of this problem this book presents a consistent economic framework for analysing the effects and implications of large bond-financed deficits

Contents -- Introduction: Rethinking Macro Policy II-Getting Granular -- I Monetary Policy -- 1 Many Targets, Many Instruments: Where Do We Stand? -- 2 Monetary Policy, the Only Game in Town? -- 3 Monetary Policy during the Crisis: From the Depths to the Heights -- 4 Monetary Policy Targets...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Structural Context of Macroeconomic Policy Choice -- Chapter 3 Partisanship and Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- Chapter 4 Elections and Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- Chapter 5 Partisan Differences and Macroeconomic...

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This book demonstrates that there is sufficient evidence on the Nigerian economy and society to inform many policy issues, and reveals the current problems and policy options that a democratic Nigeria will need to debate and resolve. It presents an agenda of reform as unfinished business