“A fine collection of essays exploring, and in many cases extending, Jim Buchanan’s many contributions and insights to economic, political, and social theory.” - Bruce Caldwell, Professor of Economics, Duke University, USA "The overwhelming impression the reader gets from this very fine...

1. Introduction -- 2. Debt Is the Price of Liberty -- 3. Bounded by War -- 4. Building a Visible Government -- 5. The End of Balanced Budgets -- 6. In Pursuit of Full Employment -- 7. A New Era of Congressional Budgeting -- 8. Breaking up the Budget Process

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Contemporary Spain: Democratic and Decentralised -- Chapter 3. The Process Robs Us, Not Madrid -- Chapter 4. The Rebellion and the Separatist Coup -- Chapter 5. Geographical Dimension and Historical Perspective of Catalonia -- Chapter 6. Degree of...

1. Conventional Macroeconomic Policy -- 2. Islamic Macroeconomic Policies -- 3. Capital Markets: Conventional versus Islamic -- 4. Risk Sharing and Public Policy -- 5. Government Finance and the Debt Market -- 6. Government Finance and the Equity Market -- 7. Macro Market Application -- 8. Micro...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Budgeting in Georgia -- Chapter 2: Fiscal Conservatism and Fiscal Conservatives -- Chapter 3: Patterns and Trends in Georgia Revenue -- Chapter 4: Patterns and Trends in Georgia Spending -- Chapter 5: The Executive Budget in Georgia -- Chapter 6: The Annual Budget...

Open Government – Grundlagen und Ursprünge eines offenen Regierungs- und Verwaltungshandelns auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene -- Transparenz 2.0 -- Offene Daten und offene Verwaltungsdaten – Öffnung von Datenbeständen -- Open Budget – Öffnung des Haushaltswesens --...

Introduction -- Macroeconomic Policy Coherence and Gender Equality in Asia Pacific -- Measuring Gender Inequality -- Measuring Unpaid Care Economy -- Fiscal Policy and Gender Inequality in Asia Pacific -- Determining Gender Equality in Fiscal Federalism -- Political Economy of Gender Budgeting:...

1. The Local Budget as a Complex System—Concepts and Definitions -- 2. Fiscal Sustainability in the Short and Long Runs -- 3. The Revenue Module -- 4. The Expenditure Module -- 5. Debt -- 6. Economic Development -- 7. The Feedback Loop -- 8. Sustainability and Bliss -- 9. Conclusions and...

Chapter 1. The Challenges and Opportunities of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 2. Capital Planning and Budgeting for Infrastructure -- Chapter 3. Traditional Methods of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 4. Innovative Mechanisms of Financing Infrastructure -- Chapter 5. Case Studies in...

This book provides a historical understanding of current debates over tax reform and offers a comparative framework for discussing the relationship between fiscal policy and the distribution of income and wealth. Topics covered include the evolution of income taxation since World War II; the...