Public Finance

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One of the first textbooks ever written on the subject, and still eminently readable, with clear organization, definitions and explanations. The taxation of income, capital, imports, consumption goods, etc., and the effects on wages, rents, profits, production, and consumption are major topics, along with the government’s budget constraints.

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Public Finance. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged (London: Macmillan, 1903).

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