Public Finance and the Price System (4th Edition)
This best-selling text delivers just the right level of economic analysis. Three previous editions have consistently been praised for clarity of presentation and a focus on the most interesting questions and techniques in public finance, avoiding unnecessary technical detail. No other public finance text has generated such positive student response. This edition continues to give distinctively balanced coverage of expenditure policies and tax policies. This edition includes a new chapter devoted to deficit finance, as well as up-to-date, thought-provoking treatments of social security, health care, tax laws, and other government policies.