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Public Finance

• James M. Buchanan

  The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Vol. 2. (Public Principles of Public Debt: A Defense and Restatement)

  Vol. 2 of *The Collected Works.* One of James M. Buchanan’s most important and influential books which is based on the then (1958) radical idea that the burden of debt is not borne by the current generation, but is shouldered in large part by generations still to come. Another copy of [this book](https://www.econlib.org/library/Buchanan/buchCv2Contents.html) can be found in HTML format at our sister website [Econlib](https://www.econlib.org/).

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• Charles F. Bastable

  Public Finance

  One of the first textbooks ever written on the subject, and still eminently readable, with clear organization, definitions and explanations. The taxation of income, capital, imports, consumption goods, etc., and the effects on wages, rents, profits, production, and consumption are major topics, along with the government’s budget constraints.

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