Alternative Federal Budget Papers 1998James Lorimer & Company, 1998 - 384 pages Summing up the thinking of twenty social action groups and various independent economists, this new volume shows how federal programs in many areas--including unemployment, poverty, education, health care, the environment and public housing--can be improved without increasing the public debt. The background papers include a detailed description of a wealth tax. The contributors to this volume include many leading academic economists. Co-published with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. |
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENTS | 48 |
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH | 58 |
FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT | 59 |
REINVESTING IN PEOPLE | 134 |
ECONOMISTS ROUND TABLE | 224 |
BACKGROUND PAPERS | 276 |
APPENDIX | 377 |
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