I know of no non-mainstream texts in public finance.
If anyone does, please enlighten me. All of the
following are basically neo-classical.
Stiglitz' book is easier to read and the
layout is more accessible, though it has
some cryptic passages. (not to be confused
with his grad text w/Atkinson).
Boadway and Wildasin is very comprehensive
and workmanlike. Nice fellas, but very
abstract/academic.
Brown and Jackson is nice and more progressive
than B&W. Talks about wealth taxation, for
instance.
The classic is Musgrave & Musgrave. This is
pretty old, so I would check to see when it
was last revised.
Harvey Rosen has one I've never looked at, but
it's probably o.k. The Buchananoids have a
couple floating around that you should endeavor
to avoid.
mbs
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So there I was; Life was good.
Than I foolishly agreed to teach public finance next year.
Question: Are there any undergraduate public finance texts that are less
offensive than others? If so, what are they? Has anyone used something other
than standard mainstream texts?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Eric Nilsson
