Economics

Thoroughly covers history, politics and ecomonic background; includes video and audio clips. Full and timely profiles provide an instant guide to the background and current events of countries and territories, as well as key international institutions. They also include media clips from BBC archives.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.

The Center conducts research and analysis to help shape public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that policymakers consider the needs of low-income families and individuals in these debates.  We also develop policy options to alleviate poverty.

In addition, the Center examines the short- and long-term impacts of proposed policies on the health of the economy and the soundness of federal and state budgets.  Among the issues we explore are whether federal and state governments are fiscally sound and have sufficient revenue to address critical priorities, both for low-income populations and for the nation as a whole.

Keywords: tax proposals, federal budget, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, food stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income, WIC and child nutrition, low-income housing programs, low-income tax credits

History of 101 countries and analysis of their social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions. This website contains the online versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Contry Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army.  The original intent of the series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser-know areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed.