The Age of Austerity

By Thomas J. Schoenbaum

The book begins with a detailed breakdown of the financial crisis and the government response in the United States, with particular focus on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The author then puts forth a basic three-part plan calling for (1) fundamental tax and entitlement reform; (2) massive economic stimulus in the form of public and private investment to modernize the country's aging infrastructures; and (3) mortgage relief to revitalize the nation's housing markets. The book concludes with specific policy proposals designed to achieve these goals and return the US economy to a state of full employment and robust economic growth.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781951446
• ISBN13: 9781781951446
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages