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Intro; Preface; Organization; Section I. Financial Markets and Long-Term Growth; Chapter 1. Is Trump's Election a Game-Changer?; Chapter 2. Challenges to Restoring Long-Term Economic Growth; Section II. Fiscal and Regulatory Policies to Promote Growth; Chapter 3. Assessing the US Fiscal Imbalance: Why It Matters; Chapter 4. What Makes Healthcare Reform So Complex: A Primer; Chapter 5. Tax Policy: Tax Cuts Versus Tax Reform; Chapter 6. Macroeconomic Effects of Deregulation; Section III. Monetary, Exchange Rate and Trade Policies; Chapter 7. Changes in US Monetary Policy: Past and Prospective.
Chapter 8. Trade Imbalances and Jobs: A Macro PerspectiveSection IV. Globalization and Financial Markets; Chapter 9. Globalization and Widening Income Inequality; Chapter 10. Economic and Market Prospects for the Medium Term; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Financial Markets and Long-Term Growth; Chapter 1: Is Trump's Election a Game-Changer?; Elections Usually Have Fleeting Impacts on Markets; Economic Prospects at the Start of 2017; Investors Should Focus on Pending Legislation; Distinguishing Features of Reaganomics and Trump-Enomics.
Budgetary Pressures Are BuildingInternational Risks; Are Expectations Too High?; How Will Markets Respond to Policy Changes?; Chapter 2: Challenges to Restoring Long-Term Economic Growth; Excessive Debt Creation as the Primary Cause; Weak Business Investment and the "Secular Stagnation" Thesis; Has US Potential Growth Slowed?; Interventionist Government Policies as the Problem; Implications for Future Growth; The Trump Administration and Congressional Republican Agenda; Conclusion: The Slowdown Is a Global Phenomenon; Part II: Fiscal and Regulatory Policies to Promote Growth.
Chapter 3: Assessing the US Fiscal Imbalance: Why It MattersThe Evolution of America's Budgetary Problems; The Rise of Mandated Government Programs; Are CBO Projections Too Pessimistic?; Assessing Budgetary Risks; Policy Options; Need for a Longer-Term Perspective; Policy Implications: Near Term and Longer Term; Chapter 4: What Makes Healthcare Reform So Complex: A Primer; US Healthcare: A Mixed System; Evolution of US Healthcare to Managed Care; Rejection of Universal Coverage; The Launch of Obamacare; Attempt to Repeal Obamacare.
A National Dilemma: What Can Be Done to Control Medical Costs?Summary: No Easy Fix; Investment Implications for the Healthcare Sector; Chapter 5: Tax Policy: Tax Cuts Versus Tax Reform; Perspective on US Tax Cuts; Kennedy Tax Cut; Reagan Tax Cut; Reagan Tax Reforms; Impact of Tax Cuts/Reform on Growth; The Case for Corporate Tax Cuts; Proposed Personal Tax Cuts; Perspective on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Impact on Corporate Profits and Economic Growth; Impact on the Budget Deficit and Interest Rates; Concluding Assessment: A Complex Issue; Chapter 6: Macroeconomic Effects of Deregulation.
Chapter 8. Trade Imbalances and Jobs: A Macro PerspectiveSection IV. Globalization and Financial Markets; Chapter 9. Globalization and Widening Income Inequality; Chapter 10. Economic and Market Prospects for the Medium Term; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Financial Markets and Long-Term Growth; Chapter 1: Is Trump's Election a Game-Changer?; Elections Usually Have Fleeting Impacts on Markets; Economic Prospects at the Start of 2017; Investors Should Focus on Pending Legislation; Distinguishing Features of Reaganomics and Trump-Enomics.
Budgetary Pressures Are BuildingInternational Risks; Are Expectations Too High?; How Will Markets Respond to Policy Changes?; Chapter 2: Challenges to Restoring Long-Term Economic Growth; Excessive Debt Creation as the Primary Cause; Weak Business Investment and the "Secular Stagnation" Thesis; Has US Potential Growth Slowed?; Interventionist Government Policies as the Problem; Implications for Future Growth; The Trump Administration and Congressional Republican Agenda; Conclusion: The Slowdown Is a Global Phenomenon; Part II: Fiscal and Regulatory Policies to Promote Growth.
Chapter 3: Assessing the US Fiscal Imbalance: Why It MattersThe Evolution of America's Budgetary Problems; The Rise of Mandated Government Programs; Are CBO Projections Too Pessimistic?; Assessing Budgetary Risks; Policy Options; Need for a Longer-Term Perspective; Policy Implications: Near Term and Longer Term; Chapter 4: What Makes Healthcare Reform So Complex: A Primer; US Healthcare: A Mixed System; Evolution of US Healthcare to Managed Care; Rejection of Universal Coverage; The Launch of Obamacare; Attempt to Repeal Obamacare.
A National Dilemma: What Can Be Done to Control Medical Costs?Summary: No Easy Fix; Investment Implications for the Healthcare Sector; Chapter 5: Tax Policy: Tax Cuts Versus Tax Reform; Perspective on US Tax Cuts; Kennedy Tax Cut; Reagan Tax Cut; Reagan Tax Reforms; Impact of Tax Cuts/Reform on Growth; The Case for Corporate Tax Cuts; Proposed Personal Tax Cuts; Perspective on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; Impact on Corporate Profits and Economic Growth; Impact on the Budget Deficit and Interest Rates; Concluding Assessment: A Complex Issue; Chapter 6: Macroeconomic Effects of Deregulation.