Public Economics in Action: The Basic Income/Flat Tax Proposal (The Lindahl Lectures)

This book surveys recent developments in public economics by studying the proposals for a basic income/flat tax scheme. It discusses various approaches to taxation and presents a framework for a system which would affect both personal income and the social security system, replacing the one by a flat-rate income tax and the other by a guaranteed income. The idea has generated wide interest in a number of countries, and is being actively discussed by a number of political groups. This book explains how these changes would benefit a wide variety of social groups, but asks how a single reform can meet the very different objectives of different supporters.

Business & Money

Atkinson, Anthony B.

Economics

Oxford University Press

This book surveys recent developments in public economics by studying the proposals for a basic income/flat tax scheme. It discusses various approaches to taxation and presents a framework for a system which would affect both personal income and the social security system, replacing the one by a flat-rate income tax and the other by a guaranteed income. The idea has generated wide interest in a number of countries, and is being actively discussed by a number of political groups. This book explains how these changes would benefit a wide variety of social groups, but asks how a single reform can meet the very different objectives of different supporters.

Clarendon Press

Winner of the Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University An Economist Best Economics and Business Book of the Year A Financial Times Best Economics Book of the Year
Inequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. We all know the scale of the problem―talk about the 99% and the 1% is entrenched in public debate―but there has been little discussion of what we can do but despair. According to the distinguished economist Anthony Atkinson, however, we can do much more than skeptics imagine.
“[Atkinson] sets forth a list of concrete, innovative, and persuasive proposals meant to show that alternatives still exist, that the battle for social progress and equality must reclaim its legitimacy, here and now… Witty, elegant, profound, this book should be read.” ―Thomas Piketty, New York Review of Books
“An uncomfortable affront to our reigning triumphalists. [Atkinson’s] premise is straightforward: inequality is not unavoidable, a fact of life like the weather, but the product of conscious human behavior. ―Owen Jones, The Guardian

Inequality: What Can Be Done?

Harvard University Press

The definitive textbook on public finance―now back in print for the first time in years 
This classic introduction to public finance remains the best advanced-level textbook on the subject ever written. First published in 1980, Lectures on Public Economics still tops reading lists at many leading universities despite the fact that the book has been out of print for years. This new edition makes it readily available again to a new generation of students and practitioners in public economics.
The lectures presented here examine the behavioral responses of households and firms to tax changes. Topics include the effects of taxation on labor supply, savings, risk-taking, the firm, debt, and economic growth. The book then delves into normative questions such as the design of tax systems, optimal taxation, public sector pricing, and public goods, including local public goods.
Written by two of the world's preeminent economists, this edition of Lectures on Public Economics features a new introduction by Anthony Atkinson and Joseph Stiglitz that discusses the latest developments in the field and areas for future research. 
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<li>The definitive advanced-level textbook on public economics</li>
<li>Examines the effects of taxation on households and firms</li>
<li>Covers tax system design, optimal taxation, public sector pricing, and more</li>
<li>Includes suggestions for further reading</li>
<li>Additional resources available online</li>
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Lectures on Public Economics: Updated Edition

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Princeton University Press

The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality―a critically important examination of poverty around the world
In this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world’s great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe? The persistence of poverty―in rich and poor countries alike―is one of the most serious problems facing humanity. Better measurement of poverty is essential for raising awareness, motivating action, designing good policy, gauging progress, and holding political leaders accountable for meeting targets. To help make this possible, Atkinson provides a critically important examination of how poverty is―and should be―measured.
Bringing together evidence about the nature and extent of poverty across the world and including case studies of sixty countries, Atkinson addresses both financial poverty and other indicators of deprivation. He starts from first principles about the meaning of poverty, translates these into concrete measures, and analyzes the data to which the measures can be applied. Crucially, he integrates international organizations’ measurements of poverty with countries’ own national analyses.
Atkinson died before he was able to complete the book, but at his request it was edited for publication by two of his colleagues, John Micklewright and Andrea Brandolini. In addition, François Bourguignon and Nicholas Stern provide afterwords that address key issues from the unfinished chapters: how poverty relates to growth, inequality, and climate change.
The result is an essential contribution to efforts to alleviate poverty around the world.

Measuring Poverty around the World

English summary: This Festschrift in honour of Joachim Jens Hesse, one of the most important and influential political and administrative scientists of his generation, is a compilation of studies on the prevailing and still precarious relationship between the "Nation State and the European Union" by an illustrious group of scholars of law, economics and social sciences. They discuss this subject systematically in twenty analytical studies and outline ways out of the multiple domestic and European crises occurring at the moment. The book is divided into four chapters (historical approaches; crises and their consequences; institutions, state officials and policies; and courses of action). Most of the publications in the book were first presented at a colloquium entitled "Nation State and the European Union" held in honour of Joachim Jens Hesse at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg. German description: Diese Festschrift fur Joachim Jens Hesse, einen der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten Staats-, Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaftler seiner Generation, fuhrt einen illustren Kreis von Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlern zusammen. Erortert wird das hochst aktuelle - und unverandert prekare - Verhaltnis von "Nationalstaat und Europaischer Union". In vier Kapiteln ("Historische Zugange", "Krisenerscheinungen und deren Folgen", "Einrichtungen, Akteure, Politiken" und "Handlungsoptionen") bereiten 20 Beitrage das Themenfeld systematisch auf und skizzieren Auswege aus den inzwischen multiplen binnenstaatlichen wie europaischen Krisen. Die meisten Beitrage wurden erstmals im Rahmen eines Kolloquiums zu Ehren Joachim Jens Hesses vorgestellt, das auf Schloss Leopoldskron (Salzburg) unter dem Titel "Nationalstaat und Europaische Union" stand. Mit Beitragen von: Werner Abelshauser, Anthony B. Atkinson, Laszlo Csaba, Udo Di Fabio, Horst Dreier, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Peter M. Huber, Harold James, Peter Graf Kielmansegg, Jan-Erik Lane, Dieter Langewiesche, Jorn Leonhard, Stefan Moog, Bernd Raffelhuschen, Fritz W. Scharpf, Manfred G. Schmidt, Frank Schorkopf, Brendan Simms, Uwe Wagschal, Joachim Wieland und Andreas Wirsching.

Nationalstaat und Europäische Union: Eine Bestandsaufnahme (English and German Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

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Public Economics in Action: The Basic Income/Flat Tax Proposal (The Lindahl Lectures)

Public Economics in Action: The Basic Income/Flat Tax Proposal (The Lindahl Lectures)

Inequality: What Can Be Done?

Inequality: What Can Be Done?

Lectures on Public Economics: Updated Edition

Measuring Poverty around the World

Nationalstaat und Europäische Union: Eine Bestandsaufnahme (English and German Edition)