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

Foreword Preface The Debt in Human Perspective Introduction Politics and Human Nature, Voices from the Past Household Finances, Private and Public Psychological Roots of the Debt The Anatomy of Political Desire The Political Psychology of Public Money Constituents and Congress: An Exchange View of the Debt Red Ink and Representative Democracy Democracy in Debt: Paradox or Pathology? Debt and the Democratic Order The Budget Process: A Design for Debt Voices from Within: Congress on the Debt A New (Fiscal) Imperialism? Will Congress Pay Off the Debt, and If So, How? The Political Psychology of Debt Retirement Four Scenarios A Proposal to Ponder Toward a New Fiscal Democracy Selected Readings Index