Congress, Human Nature, and the Federal Debt: Essays on the Political Psychology of Deficit Spending

by Cole S. Brembeck

This volume takes a non-economic approach to the issue of the federal deficit. By identifying fiscal problems as merely the visible symptoms of a basic behavioral dynamic common to all people, Cole S. Brembeck undertakes a singular study of how human interests perpetuate the deficit and how, therefore, the deficit issue reflects the nature of the representation in the federal government. Solutions to the worsening deficit crisis can then be explored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275936740
• ISBN13: 9780275936747
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"