List of figures -- List of tables -- Editor biographies -- Contributor biographies -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: teaching public budgeting and finance / Bruce D. McDonald, III and Meagan M. Jordan -- Chapter 2: public budgeting and finance in context / Meagan M. Jordan and Merl Hackbart --...

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