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The Public Financiers: Ricardo, George, Clark, Ramsey, Mirrlees, Vickrey, Wicksell, Musgrave, Buchanan, Tiebout, and Stiglitz
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Series: Great Minds in Finance
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ISBN10: 1349577723
ISBN13: 9781349577729
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Mar 2 2017
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781349577729
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Mar 2 2017
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Preface to the Great Minds in Finance Series
Preface to this Volume
Introduction
PART I: FIRST FORAYS INTO TAX INCIDENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
1. The Early Life of David Ricardo
2. The Times
3. The Theory
4. The Later Life of David Ricardo
5. The Early Life of Henry George
Preface to this Volume
Introduction
PART I: FIRST FORAYS INTO TAX INCIDENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY
1. The Early Life of David Ricardo
2. The Times
3. The Theory
4. The Later Life of David Ricardo
5. The Early Life of Henry George
6. The Times
7. The Theory - Progress and Poverty
8. Legacy and Later Life
9. John Bates Clark in Defense of the Status Quo
10. John Bates Clark and his Times
11. Later Life and Legacy of Henry George
12. Later Life and Legacy of John Bates Clark
PART II: FROM BURDEN OF TAXATION TO OPTIMAL TAXATION
13. The early years of Frank Plumpton Ramsey
14. The paper that spawned the study of optimal taxation
15. A short lifetime of contributions
16. The premature loss of a great mind
17. A Modern Extension - Vickrey and Mirrlees
18. The Early Life of William Spencer Vickrey
19. The Early Life of James Mirrlees
20. The Great Idea
21. Legacy and Applications
22. The Nobel Prize
23. The Later Years of James Alexander Mirrlees
24. The Later Years of William Spencer Vickrey
PART III: DIVERGENT ARGUMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR
25. The Early Life of Knut Wicksell
26. The Early Life of Richard Musgrave
27. The Early Life of James Buchanan
28. The Great Idea of Knut Wicksell
29. The Times and a New Role for Government
30. The Great Debate Between Musgrave and Buchanan
31. The Nobel Prize for James Buchanan
32. The Legacy of Knut Wicksell
33. The Later Years of Richard Musgrave
34. The Legacy and later Years of James Buchanan
PART IV: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER: VOTING WITH THE FEET AND THE HENRY GEORGE THEOREM
35. The Early Life of Charles Tiebout
36. The Early Life of Joseph Stiglitz
37. The Times of Charles Mills Tiebout
38. The Great Idea of Charles Mills Tiebout
39. Applications and Extensions
40. The Early Death of Charles Tiebout
41. The Henry George Theorem
42. The Prize and Legacy of Joseph Stiglitz
Section Five - What we have learned
43. Conclusions
Glossary
Index
Endnotes
7. The Theory - Progress and Poverty
8. Legacy and Later Life
9. John Bates Clark in Defense of the Status Quo
10. John Bates Clark and his Times
11. Later Life and Legacy of Henry George
12. Later Life and Legacy of John Bates Clark
PART II: FROM BURDEN OF TAXATION TO OPTIMAL TAXATION
13. The early years of Frank Plumpton Ramsey
14. The paper that spawned the study of optimal taxation
15. A short lifetime of contributions
16. The premature loss of a great mind
17. A Modern Extension - Vickrey and Mirrlees
18. The Early Life of William Spencer Vickrey
19. The Early Life of James Mirrlees
20. The Great Idea
21. Legacy and Applications
22. The Nobel Prize
23. The Later Years of James Alexander Mirrlees
24. The Later Years of William Spencer Vickrey
PART III: DIVERGENT ARGUMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR
25. The Early Life of Knut Wicksell
26. The Early Life of Richard Musgrave
27. The Early Life of James Buchanan
28. The Great Idea of Knut Wicksell
29. The Times and a New Role for Government
30. The Great Debate Between Musgrave and Buchanan
31. The Nobel Prize for James Buchanan
32. The Legacy of Knut Wicksell
33. The Later Years of Richard Musgrave
34. The Legacy and later Years of James Buchanan
PART IV: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER: VOTING WITH THE FEET AND THE HENRY GEORGE THEOREM
35. The Early Life of Charles Tiebout
36. The Early Life of Joseph Stiglitz
37. The Times of Charles Mills Tiebout
38. The Great Idea of Charles Mills Tiebout
39. Applications and Extensions
40. The Early Death of Charles Tiebout
41. The Henry George Theorem
42. The Prize and Legacy of Joseph Stiglitz
Section Five - What we have learned
43. Conclusions
Glossary
Index
Endnotes
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