White House Burning Our National Debt and Why It Matters to You

Name: White House Burning Our National Debt and Why It Matters to You
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ISBN: 9780307947642

ISBN-10: 0307947645

ISBN-13: 9780307947642

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Authors: Simon Johnson

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America is mired in debt—more than $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. Bitter fighting over deficits, taxes, and spending bedevils Washington, D.C., even as partisan gridlock has brought the government to the brink of default. Yet the more politicians on both sides of the aisle rant and the citizenry fumes, the more things seem to remain the same. InWhite House Burning,Simon Johnson and James Kwak—authors of the national best seller13 Bankersand cofounders ofThe Baseline Scenario,a widely cited blog on economics and public policy—demystify the national debt, explaining whence it came and, even more important, what it means to you and to future generations. They tell the story of the…

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List price: $18.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.11" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction



Immortal Credit



End of Gold



Deficits Don't Matter



What Does the Federal Government Do?



Why Worry



Arguing First Principles



Where Do We Go from Here?


Conclusion


Epilogue


Technical Appendix


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index