Control of federal spending

Harriss, C. Lowell (Clement Lowell) 1912-2009 (Added Author). Academy of Political Science (U.S.) (Added Author).

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Physical Description: print
x, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : Academy of Political Science, 1985.

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Blueprints for cost control: recommendations of the Grace Commission / C. Lowell Harriss.--Organization of the Grace Commission / C. Lowell Harriss.--Federal spending and the budget crisis / Al Ullman.--The budget dilemma and its solution / Murray L. Weidenbaum.--Equality, spending limits, and the growth of government / Aaron Wildavsky.--Managing defense expenditures / Fred Thompson.--Reforming federal pension programs / Robert W. Schleck.--Privitization: theory, evidence, and implementation / Steve H. Hanke.--Policy consequences of government by congressional subcommittees / Kenneth A. Shepsle and Barry R. Weingast.--Constitutional amendment to limit the growth of spending / Milton and Rose Friedman.--Institutional and mechanical control of federal spending / Benjamin Zycher.--The President as manager of the federal government / Charles F. Bingman.--Revitalizing federal management: managers and their overburdened systems / Panel report of the National Academy of Public Administration.