November 1, 1971 Tax Review: Improving U.S. Budget Choices William Niskanen William Niskanen Print this page Subscribe Support our work Download Tax Review: Improving U.S. Budget Choices Volume XXXII No. 11 Executive SummaryThe “incoherence of the budget process” is a major manifestation of the poor performance of the Federal government, says Dr. William Niskanen. He analyzes the failure of the PPB (planning-programming-budgeting) system, begun in 1965 and recently abandoned, to improve the process of making budget choices. This article then summarizes some of the changes that can improve the information analysis for budgetary choices, given the general characteristics of the present structure of government. Topics Center for Federal Tax Policy
