{"product_id":"the-budget-puzzle-9780804720915","title":"The Budget Puzzle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays tackle the vexing problem of the  federal budget-how and why it has grown so large, why most \"deficit-reduction\" measures are either shams or predestined to fail, and why understanding budget issues is so difficult.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Why study microbudgeting Allen Schick  2. The dispersion of spending authority and federal budget deficits John F. Cogan  3. The uses and abuses of budget baselines Timothy J. Muris  4. Changes in discretionary domestic spending during the Regan years John F. Cogan and Timothy J. Muris  5. The study of microbudgeting Allen Schick  Appendixes  Notes  Bibliograpyy  Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405468049751,"sku":"9780804720915","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804720915.jpg?v=1730491847","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-budget-puzzle-9780804720915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}