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Book SynopsisIn this study, policymakers in the Reagan administration and academics offer a view of how and why economic policy in the 1980s developed the way it did. Monetary and exchange rate policy, tax policy and budget issues are discussed here.
Table of Contentspreface 1 American Economic Policy in the 1980s: A Personal View, Martin Feldstein 2 Monetary Policy Michael Mussa, Paul A. Volcker, James Tobin 3 Tax Policy Don Fullerton, Charles E. Walker, Russell B. Long 4 Budget Policy James M. Poterba, David Stockman, Charles Schultze 5 Exchange Rate Policy Jeffrey A. Frankel, C. Fred Bergsten, Michael Mussa 6 Economic Regulation Paul L. Joskow and Roger G. Noll, William A. Niskanen, Elizabeth Bailey 7 Health and Safety Regulation W. Kip Viscusi, Christopher DeMuth, James Burnley 8 Financial Regulation Robert E. Litan, William M. Isaac, William Taylor 9 Antitrust Policy Phillip Areeda, William F. Baxter, Harry M. Reasoner 10 Trade Policy J. David Richardson, Lionel H. Olmer, Paula Stern 11 LDC Debt Policy Paul Krugman, Thomas O. Enders, William R. Rhodes 12 Policy Toward the Aged David A. Wise and Richard G. Woodbury, Rudolph Penner
