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Book SynopsisA superb analysis of how the decline of Canadian Keynesianism has made way for the emergence of politics organized around balanced budgets.
Trade ReviewNot long ago, deficits were seen as positive things in Canada. Now deficits are seen as evil. Timothy Lewis has just published a fascinating book which traces the transformations of Canadian attitudes. [It] is an illuminating account of the interaction between ideas and politics, between economic theories and political limitations, possibilities or necessities." -- Graham Fraser * Toronto Star *
A thoughtful, detailed analysis of deficit politics and its relationship to the role of ideas in shaping both public policies and public perceptions of them ...[It is] an effective teaching and analytical tool for instructors and students of public policy. -- Geoffrey Hale * Canadian Journal of Political Science *
Table of ContentsPreface
1 Fiscal Politics
2 Deficit Finance in Historical Perspective
3 The Political Economy of Economic Decline
4 Persisting Keynesian Conceptualizations of Deficit Finance, 1975-84
5 Restructuring Power Relations
6 The Priority of Structural Reform, 1984-93
7 Economic Insecurity and the Political Conditions for Deficit Elimination
8 Only Nixon Can Go to China, 1993-8
9 Maynard Where Art Thou?
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
