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Public Finance Public Policy, 6th Edition

ISBN-13: 978-1319105259
ISBN-10: 1319105254

Author: Jonathan Gruber (Author)

We are currently engaged in the most fundamental debate about the role of government in decades, and who better than Jonathan Gruber to guide students through the particulars in the new edition of his best-selling text, Public Finance and Public Policy, 6e.
The new edition details ongoing policy debates, with special focus on the largest tax reform in 30 years. New topics include universal basic income, the legalization of pot, and congestion pricing. And, of course, there is an extensive, in-depth discussion of the debate over health care.
At the heart of this new edition is the author’s belief that at no other time has it been so important to know the facts, to distinguish facts from falsehoods, and to be thinking clearly about problem, policy, and politics. The sixth edition delivers on all counts.

PRESENTATION AND PEDAGOGY
As inherently interesting as this material is, student interest in any text critically depends on the exposition and presentation. I have endeavored throughout the text to use an engaging and relatable conversational style that emphasizes the intuition, graphics, and mathematics of theory. Instructors using the book have reported that their students have found Public Finance and Public Policy to be an accessible, illuminating, and engaging read. Several features make this book appealing to potential users:
Questions to Keep in Mind Questions at the start of each chapter alert students to the chapter’s “big ideas.” Integrated Applications The Applications allow students to step back and appreciate the policy relevance of the material, and they are integrated so that students understand the importance of applying the material they are learning.
Empirical Evidence Boxes For instructors who wish to explore in more depth the nature of the empirical findings mentioned in the text, Empirical Evidence boxes are set aside from the main text to explain carefully the research process that generates the major empirical findings in public finance.
Integration of Relevant Statistics Throughout the text, and in a number of graphs and tables, this text presents the statistics about the role of the government that emphasize the importance of this course. It is much easier to explain to students why they should care about social insurance, for example, when they clearly see graphics that illustrate the rise in that activity as a share of the U.S. government.
Quick Hints A variety of highlighted Quick Hints emphasize the intuition of key theoretical points that students often find difficult: How does one decide where to draw deadweight loss triangles (see page 51)? Why is the subsidy to employer-provided health insurance a subsidy to employees and not to employers (see page 445)? How can the income effect of higher wages cause lower levels of labor supply (see page 658)? Mathematical Appendices The text explains the material primarily through intuition and graphics, with relatively little reliance on mathematics. Nevertheless, many instructors want to use mathematics to make key points about tax incidence, public goods provision, adverse selection in insurance markets, optimal taxation, and other topics. Five appendices develop the mathematics of these
topics. Two additional appendices focus on the details of empirical analysis.
Marginal Definitions Key terms are boldfaced throughout the text, and marginal definitions allow students to focus on the key concepts. Full-Color Graphics Full-color graphics allow students to better understand the graphical analysis that can often confuse them. Questions and Problems Chapters conclude with an average of 15 questions and problems. Questions on empirical analysis that draw on material in Chapter 3 are denoted with an , and there is a careful delineation between basic and more advanced problems.