A Decade of Deficits: Congressional Thought and Fiscal Action

Steven E. Schier

Jul 1992 · State University of New York Press

About this ebook

Since 1980, the national agenda and the attention of Congress have been focused on federal budget deficits. This is the first book, however, to examine how lawmakers think about fiscal problems and to emphasize individual legislators' economic beliefs. Based on interviews with 110 members of Congress, the book includes an assessment of Congress's capacity to make sound fiscal policy in the future.

About the author

Steven E. Schier is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton College and Director of the Carleton in Washington program. He is the author of The Rules of the Game and co-editor of Political Economy in Western Democracies.