by Joseph E. Stiglitz · tapa dura · ISBN 9780393018080
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«Economics of the Public Sector» is Joseph E. Stiglitz's hardcover textbook on public sector economics, published by W. W. Norton (599 pages).
The book studies the role of the state in the economy: how it decides levels of public spending, what criteria it uses to set taxes, and how fiscal policies affect income distribution, efficiency, and welfare. It also examines specific spending programs and the relationship between different levels of government.
First edition, published in 1986; includes bibliography on pp. 577-586 and index. Its scope is the economics and public finance of the United States.
Reference university textbook for students and professionals of economics interested in the public sector and fiscal policy.
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz is an American New Keynesian economist, a public policy analyst, political activist, and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). He is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank. He is also a former member and chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers. He is known for his support for the Georgism public finance theory and for his critical view of the management of globalization, of laissez-faire economists, and of international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
