Washoe County Library System

On Shelf

Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction
339.5309 KELTON 2020
1 available

Description

"Any ambitious proposal - ranging from fixing crumbling infrastructure to Medicare for all or preventing the coming climate apocalypse - inevitably sparks questions: how can we afford it? How can we pay for it? Stephanie Kelton points out how misguided those questions really are by using the bold ideas of modern monetary theory (MMT), a fundamentally different approach to using our resources to maximize our potential as a society. We've been thinking...

2) Austerity: the history of a dangerous idea

Author

Blyth, Mark

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

On Shelf

Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
336 BLYTH 2013
1 available

Description

Politicians today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all that debt came from. Not from an orgy of government spending,...

3) The US deficit: opposing viewpoints

Series

Opposing viewpoints

Publisher

Greenhaven Press

Pub. Date

c2013

Language

English

On Shelf

Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
339.523 US 2013
1 available

4) Where does the money go?: your guided tour to the federal budget crisis

Author

Bittle, Scott

Publisher

Collins

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

On Shelf

Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
336.73 BIT 2008
1 available

5) The clash of generations: saving ourselves, our kids, and our economy

Author

Kotlikoff, Laurence J

Publisher

MIT Press

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

On Shelf

Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
330.973 KOTLIK 2012
1 available

Description

"The United States is bankrupt, flat broke. Thanks to accounting that would make Enron blush, America's insolvency goes far beyond what our leaders are disclosing. The United States is a fiscal basket case, in worse shape than the notoriously bailed-out countries of Greece, Ireland, and others. How did this happen? In The Clash of Generations, experts Laurence Kotlikoff and Scott Burns document our six-decade, off-balance-sheet, unsustainable financing...

6) I.O.U.S.A

Publisher

Distributed by PBS Home Video

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

DVD
Show Edition

On Shelf

South Valleys Library - DVD / Blu-rays
DVD VIDEO 330 IOU WIDESCREEN
1 available

Description

"I.O.U.S.A. tells the story of America in debt. Faced with key deficits in budget, savings, trade and leadership, increased foreign competition and ballooning financial obligations, the federal government is critically overextended. With the economy already in shambles, 78 million baby boomers are now expecting retirement benefits from their indebted federal government. Weaving together archival footage, economic data and candid interviews with Warren...