| | Effective and meaningful public policy depends on government fiscal policy--the actual political willingness to spend money and raise taxes. Much of the federal government's response to the Coronavirus has been through federal funding for state and local governments. This course examines the politics of federal budgeting and the role the budget plays in national economic policy making. Students will learn about the creation of the presidential budget, the politics of the Congressional budget process, tax policy, defense spending, social spending, fiscal federalism--the connection between federal and state governments, and the relationship between fiscal policy and the Federal Reserve's making of monetary policy. |
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LPPP 4559