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Title

The fiscal crisis of the state / James O'Connor ; with a new introduction by the author.

Author

O'Connor, James (James R.)

Publication

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction, c2002.

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Description

xxviii, 276 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The Fiscal Crisis of the State refers to the tendency of government expenditures to outpace revenues in the U.S. during the late 1960s and early 1970s, but its relevance to other countries of the period and also in today's global economy is evident. When government expenditure constitutes a larger and larger share of total economy, theorists who ignore the impact of the state budget do so at their own (and capitalism's) peril. This volume examines how changes in tax rates and tax structure used to regulate private economic activity. O'Connor theorizes that particular expenditures and programs and the budget as a whole can be understood only in terms of power relationships within the private economy."--Jacket.

Subject

• Finance, Public > United States
• Budget > United States
• Taxation > United States

Note

• Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1973.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. An Anatomy of American State Capitalism -- Ch. 2. Dimensions of the Crisis -- Ch. 3. Political Power and Budgetary Control in the United States -- Ch. 4. Social Capital Expenditures: Social Investment -- Ch. 5. Social Capital Expenditures: Social Consumption -- Ch. 6. Social Expenses of Production: The Warfare-Welfare State -- Ch. 7. Financing the Budget: State Enterprise and State Debt -- Ch. 8. Financing the Budget: The Tax State -- Ch. 9. The Scope and Limits of Capitalist Reform.

ISBN

0765808609 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001018906

OCLC

45821216

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library