Part I Getting Started §1 Introduction §2 Tools of Positive Analysis §3 Tools of Normative Analysis §Part II Public Expenditure: Public Goods and Externalities §4 Public Goods §5 Externalities §6 Political Economy §7 Education §8 Cost-Benefit Analysis §Part III Public Expenditures: Social Insurance and Income Maintenance §9 The Health Care Market §10 Government and the Market for Health Care §11 Social Security §12 Income Redistribution: Conceptual Issues §13 Expenditure Programs for the Poor §Part IV Framework for Tax Analysis §14 Taxation and Income Distribution §15 Taxation and Efficiency §16 Efficient and Equitable Taxation §Part V The United States Revenue System §17 The Personal Income Tax §18 Personal Taxation and Behavior §19 The Corporation Tax §20 Deficit Finance §21 Fundamental Tax Reform: Taxes on Consumption and Wealth §Part VI Multigovernment Public Finance §22 Public Finance in a Federal System §Appendix §Glossary §References §Author Index §Subject Index§ sakriti opis