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Generational Accounting Knowing Who Pays and When, for What We Spend

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ISBN-10: 0029184630

ISBN-13: 9780029184639

Edition: N/A

Authors: Laurence J. Kotlikoff

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This text proposes that the arbitrary concept of national deficit is scrapped and replaced with a system of generational accounting that allows citizens to see who actually pays - and when - for today's expenditures.
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 220
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Laurence J. Kotlikoff, one of the nation's leading experts on fiscal policy, national saving, and personal finance and a columnist for Bloomberg, is Professor of Economics at Boston University. His writings and views appear in Forbes, the Economist, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other leading media outlets.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Smoke and Mirrors
U.S. Economic Malaise
Blame It on the Deficit
Figures Lie and Liars Figure
Generational Accounting
Deficit Delusion
Postwar Generational Policy
Social Security and the Baby Boomers
Whither Generational Accounting?
Notes
Index