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One of the most dramatic and least studied policy changes of the past twenty years is the increased use of indexing - automatic adjustments for inflation - in federal programs. R. Kent Weaver examines the reasons for the growth of indexing in federal programs and its consequences for current policy. He focuses on indexing debates in six policy areas.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Bill Clinton's first presidential term was a period of extraordinary change in policy toward low-income families. In 1993 Congress enacted a major expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families.