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The Public Financiers

Ricardo, George, Clark, Ramsey, Mirrlees, Vickrey, Wicksell, Musgrave, Buchanan, Tiebout, and Stiglitz

  • Colin Read
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Part of the Great Minds in Finance book series (GMF)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Colin Read
      Pages 1-3

  3. First Forays into Tax Incidence and Public Policy

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 5-5
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    2. The Early Life of David Ricardo
      Colin Read
      Pages 7-13
    3. The Times
      Colin Read
      Pages 14-16
    4. The Theory
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      Pages 17-21
    5. The Later Life of David Ricardo
      Colin Read
      Pages 22-25
    6. The Early Life of Henry George
      Colin Read
      Pages 26-33
    7. The Times
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      Pages 34-40
    8. The Theory of Progress and Poverty
      Colin Read
      Pages 41-45
    9. Legacy and Later Life
      Colin Read
      Pages 46-48
    10. John Bates Clark in Defense of the Status Quo
      Colin Read
      Pages 49-57
    11. John Bates Clark and His Times
      Colin Read
      Pages 58-68
    12. Later Life and Legacy of Henry George
      Colin Read
      Pages 69-70
    13. Later Life and Legacy of John Bates Clark
      Colin Read
      Pages 71-72

  4. From Burden of Taxation to Optimal Taxation

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 73-73
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    2. The Early Years of Frank Plumpton Ramsey
      Colin Read
      Pages 75-84
    3. The Paper That Spawned the Study of Optimal Taxation
      Colin Read
      Pages 85-90
    4. A Short Lifetime of Contributions
      Colin Read
      Pages 91-95
    5. The Premature Loss of a Great Mind
      Colin Read
      Pages 96-97
    6. A Modern Extension — Vickrey and Mirrlees
      Colin Read
      Pages 98-98
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    7. The Early Life of William Spencer Vickrey
      Colin Read
      Pages 99-103
    8. The Early Life of James Mirrlees
      Colin Read
      Pages 104-112
    9. The Great Idea
      Colin Read
      Pages 113-120
    10. Legacy and Applications
      Colin Read
      Pages 121-126
    11. The Nobel Prize
      Colin Read
      Pages 127-128
    12. The Later Years of James Alexander Mirrlees
      Colin Read
      Pages 129-131
    13. The Later Years of William Spencer Vickrey
      Colin Read
      Pages 132-133

  5. Divergent Arguments for the Public Sector

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 135-135
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    2. The Early Life of Knut Wicksell
      Colin Read
      Pages 137-143
    3. The Early Life of Richard Musgrave
      Colin Read
      Pages 144-149
    4. The Early Life of James Buchanan
      Colin Read
      Pages 150-163
    5. The Great Idea of Knut Wicksell
      Colin Read
      Pages 164-168
    6. The Times and a New Role for Government
      Colin Read
      Pages 169-173
    7. The Great Debate Between Musgrave and Buchanan
      Colin Read
      Pages 174-179
    8. The Nobel Memorial Prize for James Buchanan
      Colin Read
      Pages 180-181
    9. The Legacy of Knut Wicksell
      Colin Read
      Pages 182-184
    10. The Later Years of Richard Musgrave
      Colin Read
      Pages 185-186
    11. The Legacy and Later Years of James Buchanan
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      Pages 187-188

  6. Bringing it all Together — Voting with the Feet and the Henry George Theorem

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 189-189
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    2. The Early Life of Charles Tiebout
      Colin Read
      Pages 191-199
    3. The Early Life of Joseph Stiglitz
      Colin Read
      Pages 200-205
    4. The Times of Charles Mills Tiebout
      Colin Read
      Pages 206-207
    5. The Great Idea of Charles Mills Tiebout
      Colin Read
      Pages 208-211
    6. Applications and Extensions
      Colin Read
      Pages 212-214
    7. The Early Death of Charles Tiebout
      Colin Read
      Pages 215-216
    8. The Henry George Theorem
      Colin Read
      Pages 217-219
    9. The Prize and Legacy of Joseph Stiglitz
      Colin Read
      Pages 220-225

  7. What We Have Learned

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 227-227
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    2. Conclusions
      Colin Read
      Pages 229-230

About this book

Introduction

To follow.

Keywords

economics finance financial history history Information Technology (IT) macroeconomics Poverty public policy Public Sector taxation

Authors and affiliations

  • Colin Read
    • 1
  1. 1.SUNY College at PlattsburghUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137341341
  • Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
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  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-57772-9
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-34134-1
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