Red ink inside the high stakes politics of the federal budget by david wessel 381 rating details 614 ratings 106 reviews david wessel the pulitzer prize winning reporter columnist and bestselling author of in fed we trust dissects the federal budget a topic that is fiercely debated today in the halls of congress and the . Wessel an economics writer for the wall street journal paints a vivid picture of a federal budget that is bursting at the seams bloated unsustainable and irreconcilable with the current political and fiscal climatewritten as much for the layman as the policy wonk wessels book is an overview of the us federal budgetary process and why the budget deficit cannot go on forever. Red ink inside the high stakes politics of the federal budget by wessel david 1st first edition hardcover2012 wessel david books amazonca. Red ink inside the high stakes politics of the federal budget wessel david 9780770436162 books amazonca. Red ink inside the high stakes politics of the federal budget by david wessel a former wsj writer is a sobering look at the 2012 federal budget including an analysis of the unsustainable trajectory of federal borrowing which has expanded significantly in the seven years since this book was published