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Choosinghe Nation’sFiscal Future
Committee on the Fiscal Future o the United StatesDivision o Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
and 
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
 
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject o this report was approved by the Govern-ing Board o the National Research Council, whose members are drawn rom thecouncils o the National Academy o Sciences, the National Academy o Engineer-ing, and the Institute o Medicine. The members o the committee responsible orthe report were chosen or their special competences and with regard or appropri-ate balance.This study was supported by Grant No. 07-90771-000-HCD to the National Acad-emy o Sciences and Grant No. 07-90771-001-HCD to the National Academy o Public Administration rom the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.Any opinions, ndings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this pub-lication are those o the author(s) and do not necessarily refect the views o theorganizations or agencies that provided support or the project.International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-309-14723-1International Standard Book Number-10: 0-309-14723-9Library o Congress Control Number: 2009943505Additional copies o this report are available rom the National Academies Press,500 Fith Street, N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055; (800) 624-6242 or(202) 334-3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area); Internet, http://www.nap.edu.Copyright 2010 by the National Academy o Sciences and the National Academyo Public Administration. All rights reserved.Printed in the United States o AmericaSuggested citation: National Research Council and National Academy o Public Ad-ministration. (2010).
Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future.
Committee on the FiscalFuture o the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
 
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