{"title":"Fiscal Policy for Economic Growth","authors":"M. Boskin","doi":"10.1515/1553-3832.1898","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Its very simple says Michael Boskin – as he said in 1986, and he says again – “Too Many Promises.” Simple reforms to Social Security and a shift to premium based Medicare together with a broader tax base and lower tax rates is necessary – but so is critical investment.","PeriodicalId":42390,"journal":{"name":"Economists Voice","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2012-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/1553-3832.1898","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Economists Voice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/1553-3832.1898","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Its very simple says Michael Boskin – as he said in 1986, and he says again – “Too Many Promises.” Simple reforms to Social Security and a shift to premium based Medicare together with a broader tax base and lower tax rates is necessary – but so is critical investment.
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