Assignment task: Economic and Budgetary Policy
Explore two of sites listed below and try to identify the partisan or ideological orientation of the organization that sponsors each of them. You can usually find this information in the site's "mission" or "about" links.
Respond the following questions. Make sure to use at least one example from the textbook (Chapter 7 of the book Public Policy; Politics, Analysis, and Alternative 7th edition by Michael E.Kraft & Scott R. Furlong)and details from the websites to support your response. Make sure to use APA when citing information from the textbook and the websites.
How evident are their differences in political orientation?
What kind of information tells you most reliably what each organization's political leanings are?
What cautions would you give to policy makers who rely upon these websites for the information upon which to develop policy?
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- The Concord Coalition
- Council of Economic Advisers
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- The Tax Foundation