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Economics

Public Economics

Taxation, spending and what governments should do.

9 topics · 2 curated works

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  • Lectures on Public EconomicsAnthony Atkinson & Joseph Stiglitz, 1980

    The reference on taxation and public spending, and on the unavoidable trade-off between efficiency and distribution.

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  • Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyThomas Piketty, 2013

    Two centuries of tax records showing returns on capital outpacing growth, so inherited wealth concentrates unless something interrupts it.

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