Overview
- Explores the great public financiers who brought the discipline back into popularity
- Introduces the work of David Ricardo, Henry George, John Bates Clark, Frank Ramsey, William Vickrey, and James Mirrlees
- Examines the work of Knut Wicksell, Richard Musgrave, James Buchanan, Charles Tiebout and Joseph Stiglitz
Part of the book series: Great Minds in Finance (GMF)
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Table of contents (44 chapters)
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From Burden of Taxation to Optimal Taxation
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Divergent Arguments for the Public Sector
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Colin Read is a professor of Economics and Finance, former Dean of the School of Business and Economics at The State University of New York at Plattsburgh (SUNY), USA, and a columnist for the Plattsburgh New York Press Republican newspaper. He has a Ph.D. in Economics, J.D. in Law, M.B.A., Master's of Taxation, and has taught environmental and energy economics and finance for 25 years. Colin's recent books include BP and the Macondo Spill: The Complete Story, The Fear Factor, Global Financial Meltdown: How We Can Avoid the Next Economic Crisis, The Rise and Fall of an Economic Empire: With Lessons for Aspiring Nations, Great Minds in Finance – The Life Cyclists, Great Minds in Finance – The Portfolio Theorists, Great Minds in Finance – The Efficient Market Hypothesists, and Great Minds in Finance – The Rise of the Quants, Great Minds in Finance – the Corporate Financiers'.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Public Financiers
Book Subtitle: Ricardo, George, Clark, Ramsey, Mirrlees, Vickrey, Wicksell, Musgrave, Buchanan, Tiebout, and Stiglitz
Authors: Colin Read
Series Title: Great Minds in Finance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137341341
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-34133-4Published: 17 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-57772-9Published: 02 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-34134-1Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-8987
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8995
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 244
Topics: Financial History, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Economic History