Public Economics in an Age of Austerity

ISBN-13: 9781138611368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 100 str.

Tony Atkinson

Opis

Governments all round the world are facing problems with their public finances. At a time of austerity, how much should spending be cut and how much should taxes be raised? Does the national debt represent a burden for future generations? Should taxes on the rich be raised? This book examines how the tools of public economics can be applied to answer such key questions and to suggest alternatives to the austerity policies currently being pursued.

Spis treści

1. Public economics and austerity   2. Taxing the rich   3. Models can become prisons   4. Global public economics   5. Conclusions

O autorze

A. B. Atkinson is a Fellow of Nuffield College, of which he was Warden from 1994 to 2005 and is currently Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. He was knighted on 2001 for services to economics, and is a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.