The Age of Austerity

Thomas J. Schoenbaum

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Abstract: The book begins with a detailed breakdown of the financial crisis and the government response in the United States, with particular focus on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The author then puts forth a basic three-part plan calling for (1) fundamental tax and entitlement reform; (2) massive economic stimulus in the form of public and private investment to modernize the country’s aging infrastructures; and (3) mortgage relief to revitalize the nation’s housing markets. The book concludes with specific policy proposals designed to achieve these goals and return the US economy to a state of full employment and robust economic growth.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781781951446
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 An historic turning point , pp 1-20

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Ch 2 The course of the crisis , pp 21-52

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Ch 3 Causes , pp 53-86

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Ch 4 Emergency fiscal and monetary measures , pp 87-105

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Ch 5 International reforms , pp 106-135

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Ch 6 The regulatory answer , pp 136-170

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Ch 7 Assaulting austerity , pp 171-202

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Ch 8 A reprise of the argument , pp 203-208

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