Forgive Us Our Debts: The Intergenerational Dangers of Fiscal Irresponsibility

Abstract

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- The View from Washington: Six Democrats and Six Republicans Talk About Debt -- Chapter 1: What Are Deficits and Debt, and Why Are They Growing? -- Chapter 2: Balancing and Unbalancing Our Budget: A History of Government Debt in the United States -- Chapter 3: How Deficits Are Funded -- Chapter 4: How Deficits and Debt Affect America and You -- Chapter 5: The Potential Dangers of Doing Nothing, or Fiddling While Our Economy Goes Up in Smoke -- Chapter 6: The Politics of Deficits and Debt -- Chapter 7: What Can and Should Be Done to Reduce America's Deficits and Debt? -- Chapter 8: Concluding Thoughts: A Nation That Balances Its Books and a Government That Invests in America's Future -- Notes -- Index.