Public economics: a concise introduction

By:

Gomez Barroso, Jose Luis

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Routledge New York 2022Description: xxi, 244 pISBN:

9780367773083

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

336 GOM

Summary: Public Economics: A Concise Introduction provides a concise and non-technical overview of the role of government in the economy. Using the questions ‘why?’, ‘what for?’ and ‘how?’, the text initially surveys the place of the public sector in a market economy. It then considers the possible reasons which could justify government involvement. Next, the book examines the aims of state economic activity, and the instruments which a government has at its disposal. Lastly, the final chapter provides an illuminating tour of economic history and history of economic thought in relation to government economic activity. The book offers an international focus throughout, with examples taken from all over the globe. Readers are supported with a range of pedagogical features, including example boxes, chapter objectives and summaries, and end-of-chapter multiple choice and reflection questions. Public Economics: A Concise Introduction will be a valuable text for students on courses in public economics, welfare economics, public finance, public policy and related areas.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Public Policy & General Management	336 GOM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		004141

Table of Contents
Preface

1. State Activity In The Economy: A Global Perspective

2. Reasons For State Economic Activity

3. Objectives Of State Economic Activity

4. Instruments Of State Economic Activity

5. Conclusion: State Or Market?

6. State Activity Throughout History: Theory And Reality

Public Economics: A Concise Introduction provides a concise and non-technical overview of the role of government in the economy.

Using the questions ‘why?’, ‘what for?’ and ‘how?’, the text initially surveys the place of the public sector in a market economy. It then considers the possible reasons which could justify government involvement. Next, the book examines the aims of state economic activity, and the instruments which a government has at its disposal. Lastly, the final chapter provides an illuminating tour of economic history and history of economic thought in relation to government economic activity.

The book offers an international focus throughout, with examples taken from all over the globe. Readers are supported with a range of pedagogical features, including example boxes, chapter objectives and summaries, and end-of-chapter multiple choice and reflection questions.

Public Economics: A Concise Introduction will be a valuable text for students on courses in public economics, welfare economics, public finance, public policy and related areas.

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