Generational Accounting around the World -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. From Deficit Delusion to the Fiscal Balance Rule: Looking for an Economically Meaningful Way to Assess Fiscal Policy -- 2. The Methodology of Generational Accounting -- 3. Generational Accounting in General Equilibrium -- 4. An International Comparison of Generational Accounts -- 5. Argentina's Generational Accounts: Is the Convertibility Plan's Fiscal Policy Sustainable? -- 6. Generational Accounting in Australia -- 7. Generational Accounts for Belgium -- 8. Generational Accounting in Brazil -- 9. Canada: On the Road to Fiscal Balance -- 10. Public Debt, Welfare Reforms, and Intergenerational Distribution of Tax Burdens in Denmark -- 11. Generational Accounting for France -- 12. Unification and Aging in Germany: Who Pays and When? -- 13. Generational Accounts for Italy -- 14. Generational Accounts for the Netherlands -- 15. Generational Accounting in New Zealand -- 16. Generational Accounting and Depletable Natural Resources: The Case of Norway -- 17. Generational Accounts in Sweden -- 18. Thailand's Generational Accounts -- 19. Generational Accounting in Japan -- 20. Generational Accounting in Portugal -- 21. Generational Accounts for the United States: An Update -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.