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Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget
Crown
August 2012
On Sale: July 31, 2012
224 pages
ISBN: 0770436145
EAN: 9780770436148
Kindle: B0076PGLDC
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Non-Fiction
David Wessel, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporter,
columnist, and bestselling author of In Fed We Trust,
dissects a topic--the federal budget--that is fiercely
debated today in the halls of Congress and the media, and
yet is misunderstood by the American public.
In a
sweeping narrative about the people and the politics behind
the budget, Wessel looks at the 2011 fiscal year (which
ended September 30) to see where all the money was actually
spent, and why the budget process has grown wildly out of
control. Through the eyes of key people--Jacob Lew, White
House director of the Office of Management and Budget;
Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget
Office; Blackstone founder and former Commerce Secretary
Pete Peterson; and more--Wessel gives readers an inside look
at the making of our unsustainable budget.
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