Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the State (CESifo Book Series)

It's a book that we have been using for a graduate level public finance course. It's a typical argument between the market functioning or having government involvement.The book is based off of a five day lecture series between Buchanan and Musgrave, and if you have problems with reading a lecture series, then it will be a tough read. I however found it relatively easy, especially if you read Stiglitz's Economics of the Public Sector while reading this. Try and align the topic in this book with the chapter in the Stiglitz text. It allows for easier comprehension of the ideas presented by each economist.

There is no better way to gain a perspective on economists' different approaches to public policy than to engage the dialogue between two grand old men, James Buchanan on the left, Richard Musgrave on the right. Each has been a towering figure on his own side of the tug of war between two competing visions of what is and what should be.

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I bought this book for my Bcom Tax UG course , It is great , all information is there , easy to understand also.

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