Aging populations. Weather shocks. Scarce water. Globalization. Security threats. Policymakers today confront a number of developments that threaten to burden public budgets for decades to come, or bankrupt some entirely. This book argues that governments need to make policy changes now to take...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Why Consider Long-Term Issues in Thinking About Fiscal Policy? -- 3 How Governments (and Academics) Address Long-Term Issues in Fiscal Policy Planning -- 4 Some Conceptual Issues in...