Fiscal Policy Convergence from Reagan to Blair : The Left Veers Right

ISBN-13: 9780415324137 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 176 str.

Ravi K. Roy; Arthur T. Denzau

Opis

It is often assumed that left-of-center governments in the US and Britain supported policies that would lead to ever-increasing public spending and higher taxes. Right-of-center governments, by way of contrast, are expected to support policies that reduce public spending and lower taxes. These characterizations were reinforced with the advent of Reaganomics and Thatcherite economic policy. Despite this assumption, the elections of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair in the 1990s saw the consolidation and completion of critical aspects of the Reagan-Thatcher fiscal agenda. This impressive book critically analyzes this process. It has been previously thought that this process of adopting common fiscal policies was caused by economic integration and globalization, Fiscal Policy From Reagan to Blair reveals a much more comprehensive explanation - one that includes domestic factors. Whether fiscal policy conversion is seen as a good or a bad thing, this book shall unite both left and right in better explaining the process. Students and academics of international political economy, public policy and politics will find this book to be a good addition to their reading lists.

Spis treści

Foreword By Thomas D. Willett 1. Policy Ideas and Partisan Convergence2. Paradigms, Coalitions, and Directional Shifts in Economic Policy3. Deficit Reduction and Tax Reform in the Reagan-Thatcher Era4. Deficit Reduction and Tax Reform under Clinton and Blair5. Conclusion

O autorze

Ravi K. Roy is Visiting Research Fellow at the Claremont Institute for Economic Policy, USA. Arthur T. Denzau is Economics Department chair and Dean of the School of Politics and Economics at the Claremont Institute for Economic Policy, USA.