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• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• 1: FINANCE AND MARX
• 2: MARKET LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL POWER
• 3: TRAUMA OR INJUSTICE
• 4: IS JUSTICE AN OPTION?
• 5: JUSTICE AS AN OPTION
• 6: CAN CAPITALISM SHORT ITSELF?
• 7: FUNDING JUSTICE
• CONCLUSION
• AFTERWORD: SPRING 2020
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• NOTES
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX

More than ten years after the worst crisis since the Great Depression, the financial sector is thriving. But something is deeply wrong. Taxpayers bore the burden of bailing out "too big to fail" banks, but got nothing in return. Inequality has soared, and a populist backlash against elites has shaken the foundations of our political order. Meanwhile, financial capitalism seems more entrenched than ever. What is the left to do? Justice Is an Option uses those problems-and the framework of finance that created them-to reimagine historical justice. Robert Meister returns to the spirit of Marx to diagnose our current age of finance. Instead of closing our eyes to the political and economic realities of our era, we need to grapple with them head-on. Meister does just that, asking whether the very tools of finance that have created our vastly unequal world could instead be made to serve justice and equality. Meister here formulates nothing less than a democratic financial theory for the twenty-first century-one that is equally conversant in political philosophy, Marxism, and contemporary politics. Justice Is an Option is a radical, invigorating first page of a new-and sorely needed-leftist playbook

• 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.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

"Public Finance, 9/e" benefits from the combined efforts of Harvey Rosen's market-leading book and co-author Ted Gayer's research and government agency experience. This combination of experience is able to explain as clearly as possible how the tools of economics can be used to analyze government expenditure and tax policies. This new edition incorporates recent developments and along the way takes students to the frontiers of current research and policy. While the information presented is cutting edge and reflects the work of economists currently active in the field, the approach makes the text accessible to undergraduates whose only prior exposure to economics is at the introductory level. All of the changes in the Ninth edition were made to further the authors' goal of providing students with a clear and coherent view of the role of government spending and taxation. The authors' years of policy experience have convinced themselves that modern public finance provides a practical and invaluable framework for thinking about policy issues. The goal is simple: to emphasize the links between sound economics and the analysis of real-world policy problems.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• 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.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

"Public Finance, 9/e" benefits from the combined efforts of Harvey Rosen's market-leading book and co-author Ted Gayer's research and government agency experience. This combination of experience is able to explain as clearly as possible how the tools of economics can be used to analyze government expenditure and tax policies. This new edition incorporates recent developments and along the way takes students to the frontiers of current research and policy. While the information presented is cutting edge and reflects the work of economists currently active in the field, the approach makes the text accessible to undergraduates whose only prior exposure to economics is at the introductory level. All of the changes in the Ninth edition were made to further the authors' goal of providing students with a clear and coherent view of the role of government spending and taxation. The authors' years of policy experience have convinced themselves that modern public finance provides a practical and invaluable framework for thinking about policy issues. The goal is simple: to emphasize the links between sound economics and the analysis of real-world policy problems.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• PART 1: GETTING STARTED
• CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2: TOOLS OF POSITIVE ANALYSIS
• CHAPTER 3: TOOLS OF NORMATIVE ANALYSIS
• PART 2: PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: PUBLIC GOODS AND EXTERNALITIES
• CHAPTER 4: PUBLIC GOODS
• CHAPTER 5: EXTERNALITIES
• CHAPTER 6: POLITICAL ECONOMY
• CHAPTER 7: EDUCATION
• CHAPTER 8: COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
• PART 3: PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: SOCIAL INSURANCE AND INCOME MAINTENANCE
• CHAPTER 9: THE HEALTH CARE MARKET
• CHAPTER 10: GOVERNMENT AND THE MARKET FOR HEALTH CARE
• CHAPTER 11: SOCIAL SECURITY
• CHAPTER 12: INCOME REDISTRIBUTION: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
• CHAPTER 13: EXPENDITURE PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR
• PART 4: A FRAMEWORK FOR TAX ANALYSIS
• CHAPTER 14: TAXATION AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION
• CHAPTER 15: TAXATION AND EFFICIENCY
• CHAPTER 16: EFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE TAXATION
• PART 5: THE UNITED STATES REVENUE SYSTEM
• CHAPTER 17: THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX
• CHAPTER 18: PERSONAL TAXATION AND BEHAVIOR
• CHAPTER 19: THE CORPORATION TAX
• CHAPTER 20: DEFICIT FINANCE
• CHAPTER 21: FUNDAMENTAL TAX REFORM: TAXES ON CONSUMPTION AND WEALTH
• PART 6: MULTIGOVERNMENT PUBLIC FINANCE
• CHAPTER 22: PUBLIC FINANCE IN A FEDERAL SYSTEM.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

"Public Finance 8/E" benefits from the combined efforts of Harvey Rosen's market-leading book and new co-author Ted Gayer's research and government agency experience. Ted recently served as a Senior Economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors and is currently a member of the EPA's Science Advisory Board. Additionally, Rosen served on the President's Council of Economics Advisers, 2003-2005, as a member and chairman. As a result, the 8th edition maintains the strengths of previous editions but is enhanced with new material and current examples from public finance literature and the policy world. It includes substantive changes that reflect the progress that has been made in the field of public finance. These changes may be divided into three categories: new organization, new material, and new pedagogical features. As with previous editions, the book continues to draw upon the latest research while never losing sight of the reality it is supposed to describe, always drawing the links between economic analysis and current political issues.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Part One: Introductio
• n1. Introduction: Public Finance and Ideology Government at a Glanc
• e2. Tools of Positive Analysis: The Role of Theory Methods of Empirical Analysis Concluding Remark
• s3. Tools of Normative Analysis: Welfare Economics The First Fundamental Theorem of Welfare Economics Fairness and the Second Fundamental Theorem of Welfare Economics Market Failure Buying into Welfare Economics Part Two: Analysis of Public Expenditur
• e4. Public Goods: Public Goods Defined Efficient Provision of Public Goods The Privatization Debate Education Public Goods and Public Choic
• e5. Externalities: The Nature of Externalities Graphical Analysis Private Responses Public Responses to Externalities The US Response Implications for Income Distribution Positive Externalitie
• s6. Political Economy: Direct Democracy Representative Democracy Explaining Government Growt
• h7. Income Redistribution, Conceptual Issues: Distribution of Income Rationales for Income Redistribution Expenditure Incidenc
• e8. Expenditure Programs for the Poor: A Quick Look at Welfare Spending Institutional Setting Issues in the Design of Welfare Programs The Earned Income Tax Credit Supplemental Security Income Medicaid Food Stamps and Child Nutrition Housing Assistance Programs to Enhance Earning
• s9. Social Insurance I: Social Security and Unemployment Insurance: Why Have Social Insurance? Structure of Social Security Effects on Economic Behavior Long-Term Stresses on Social Security Social Security Reform Unemployment Insurance Conclusion
• s10. Social Insurance II: Health Care: What's Special About Health Care? The US Health Care Market The Role of Government The Twin Issues: Access and Cost Should Government's Role in Health Care Increase
• ?11. Cost-Benefit Analysis: Present Value Private Sector Project Evaluation Discount Rate for Government Projects Valuing Public Benefits and Costs Games Cost?Benefit Analysts Play Distributional Considerations Uncertainty An Application: Are Reductions in Class Size Worth It? Use (and Nonuse) by Government Part Three: A Framework for Tax Analysi
• s12. Taxation and Income Distribution: Tax Incidence: General Remarks Partial Equilibrium Models General Equilibrium Models Conclusion
• s13. Taxation and Efficiency: Excess Burden Defined Excess Burden Measurement with Demand Curves Differential Taxation of Inputs Does Efficient Taxation Matter
• ?14. Efficient and Equitable Taxation: Optimal Commodity Taxation Optimal User Fees Optimal Income Taxation Politics and the Time Inconsistency Problem Other Criteria for Tax Design Part Four: The United States Revenue Syste
• m15. The Personal Income Tax: Basic Structure Defining Income Excludable Forms of Money Income Exemptions and Deductions Rate Structure Choice of Unit and the Marriage Tax Taxes and Inflation Treatment of International Income State Income Taxes Politics and Tax Refor
• m16. Personal Taxation and Behavior: Labor Supply Saving Housing Decisions Portfolio Composition A Note on Politics and Elasticitie
• s17. The Corporation Tax: Why Tax Corporations? Structure Incidence and Excess Burden Effects on Behavior State Corporation Taxes Taxation of Multinational Corporations Corporation Tax Refor
• m18. Deficit Finance: How Big Is the Debt? The Burden of the Debt To Tax or to Borrow
• ?19. Taxes on Consumption and Wealth: Retail Sales Tax Value-Added Tax Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax Cash-Flow Tax Efficiency and Fairness of Personal Consumption Taxes Income versus Consumption Taxation Wealth Taxes Estate and Gift Taxes Part Five: Multigovernment Public Finance
• 20. Public Finance in a Federal System: Background Community Formation The Tiebout Model Optimal Federalism Property Tax Intergovernmental GrantsAppendix: Some Basic Microeconomics.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Harvey Rosen's scholarly and up-to-date "Public Finance" continues to be the market-leading book. The book takes its readers to the frontiers of current research, yet remains accessible to undergraduates. Although it draws upon the latest research, the book never loses sight of the reality it is supposed to describe, always drawing the links between economic analysis and current political issues.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Part One: Introductio
• n1. Introduction: Public Finance and Ideology Government at a Glanc
• e2. Tools of Positive Analysis: The Role of Theory Methods of Empirical Analysis Concluding Remark
• s3. Tools of Normative Analysis: Welfare Economics The First Fundamental Theorem of Welfare Economics Fairness and the Second Fundamental Theorem of Welfare Economics Market Failure Buying into Welfare Economics Part Two: Analysis of Public Expenditur
• e4. Public Goods: Public Goods Defined Efficient Provision of Public Goods The Privatization Debate Education Public Goods and Public Choic
• e5. Externalities: The Nature of Externalities Graphical Analysis Private Responses Public Responses to Externalities The US Response Implications for Income Distribution Positive Externalitie
• s6. Political Economy: Direct Democracy Representative Democracy Explaining Government Growt
• h7. Income Redistribution, Conceptual Issues: Distribution of Income Rationales for Income Redistribution Expenditure Incidenc
• e8. Expenditure Programs for the Poor: A Quick Look at Welfare Spending Institutional Setting Issues in the Design of Welfare Programs The Earned Income Tax Credit Supplemental Security Income Medicaid Food Stamps and Child Nutrition Housing Assistance Programs to Enhance Earning
• s9. Social Insurance I: Social Security and Unemployment Insurance: Why Have Social Insurance? Structure of Social Security Effects on Economic Behavior Long-Term Stresses on Social Security Social Security Reform Unemployment Insurance Conclusion
• s10. Social Insurance II: Health Care: What's Special About Health Care? The US Health Care Market The Role of Government The Twin Issues: Access and Cost Should Government's Role in Health Care Increase
• ?11. Cost-Benefit Analysis: Present Value Private Sector Project Evaluation Discount Rate for Government Projects Valuing Public Benefits and Costs Games Cost?Benefit Analysts Play Distributional Considerations Uncertainty An Application: Are Reductions in Class Size Worth It? Use (and Nonuse) by Government Part Three: A Framework for Tax Analysi
• s12. Taxation and Income Distribution: Tax Incidence: General Remarks Partial Equilibrium Models General Equilibrium Models Conclusion
• s13. Taxation and Efficiency: Excess Burden Defined Excess Burden Measurement with Demand Curves Differential Taxation of Inputs Does Efficient Taxation Matter
• ?14. Efficient and Equitable Taxation: Optimal Commodity Taxation Optimal User Fees Optimal Income Taxation Politics and the Time Inconsistency Problem Other Criteria for Tax Design Part Four: The United States Revenue Syste
• m15. The Personal Income Tax: Basic Structure Defining Income Excludable Forms of Money Income Exemptions and Deductions Rate Structure Choice of Unit and the Marriage Tax Taxes and Inflation Treatment of International Income State Income Taxes Politics and Tax Refor
• m16. Personal Taxation and Behavior: Labor Supply Saving Housing Decisions Portfolio Composition A Note on Politics and Elasticitie
• s17. The Corporation Tax: Why Tax Corporations? Structure Incidence and Excess Burden Effects on Behavior State Corporation Taxes Taxation of Multinational Corporations Corporation Tax Refor
• m18. Deficit Finance: How Big Is the Debt? The Burden of the Debt To Tax or to Borrow
• ?19. Taxes on Consumption and Wealth: Retail Sales Tax Value-Added Tax Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax Cash-Flow Tax Efficiency and Fairness of Personal Consumption Taxes Income versus Consumption Taxation Wealth Taxes Estate and Gift Taxes Part Five: Multigovernment Public Finance
• 20. Public Finance in a Federal System: Background Community Formation The Tiebout Model Optimal Federalism Property Tax Intergovernmental GrantsAppendix: Some Basic Microeconomics.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Harvey Rosen's scholarly and up-to-date "Public Finance" continues to be the market-leading book. The book takes its readers to the frontiers of current research, yet remains accessible to undergraduates. Although it draws upon the latest research, the book never loses sight of the reality it is supposed to describe, always drawing the links between economic analysis and current political issues.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

This work looks at the frontiers of contemporary research of public finance. It draws links between economic analysis and contemporary political issues.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Part 1 Introduction - public finance and attitudes toward government: doing research in public finance
• government at a glance. Part 2 Tools of public finance
• tools of positive analysis
• tools of normative analysis
• consumer and producer surplus. Part 3 Analysis of public expenditure: public goods
• preference revelation mechanisms
• externalities
• political economy
• income redistribution - conceptual issues
• expenditure programs for the poor
• social insurance I - social security and unemployment insurance
• social insurance II - health care
• cost-benefit analysis
• calculating the certainty equivalent value. Part 4 A framework for tax analysis: taxation and income distribution
• taxation and efficiency
• formula for excess burden
• multiple taxes and the theory of the second best
• efficient and equitable taxation. Part 5 The United States revenue system
• the personal Income Tax
• personal taxation and behaviour
• the Corporation Tax
• deficit finance
• taxes on consumption and wealth. Part 6 Multi government public finance
• public finance in a federal system
• some basic microeconomics.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

A comprehensive presentation of the field of public finance, this text has a modern, theoretical and empirical approach to the subject.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)