This collection of articles traces the evolution during the 1980s of budget policy and tax reform, and is written by an architect of the Bradley tax reform bill. They present a chronological analysis of tax changes and of the controversy over budget policy and the deficit.

This collection of articles traces the evolution over the 1980s of budget policy and tax reform by an architect of the Bradley tax reform bill. The articles present a chronological analysis of tax changes and the heated controversy over budget policy and the deficit. It concludes with an analysis of what the future holds. The author, currently staff director of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, has the perspective of a fiscal expert with many years on the Washington scene.