Funding the Modern American State, 1941–1995 : The Rise and Fall of the Era of Easy Finance

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The fiscal crisis facing the American federal government represents the end of a fiscal regime that began with the financing of World War II. In this book, an inter-disciplinary group of scholars explores the history of US taxation and public finance since 1941, attempting to understand the political, social and economic forces that have shaped the current regime.