Public Financiers

Colin Read is a professor of Economics and Finance, former Dean of the School of Business and Economics at The State University of New York at Plattsburgh (SUNY), USA, and a columnist for the Plattsburgh New York Press Republican newspaper. He has a Ph.D. in Economics, J.D. in Law, M.B.A., Master's of Taxation, and has taught environmental and energy economics and finance for 25 years. Colin's recent books include BP and the Macondo Spill: The Complete Story, The Fear Factor, Global Financial Meltdown: How We Can Avoid the Next Economic Crisis, The Rise and Fall of an Economic Empire: With Lessons for Aspiring Nations, Great Minds in Finance – The Life Cyclists, Great Minds in Finance – The Portfolio Theorists, Great Minds in Finance – The Efficient Market Hypothesists, and Great Minds in Finance – The Rise of the Quants, Great Minds in Finance – the Corporate Financiers'.

• Preface to the Great Minds in Finance Series Preface to this VolumeIntroduction PART I: FIRST FORAYS INTO TAX INCIDENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY 1. The Early Life of David Ricardo 2. The Times 3. The Theory 4. The Later Life of David Ricardo 5. The Early Life of Henry George 6. The Times 7. The Theory – Progress and Poverty 8. Legacy and Later Life 9. John Bates Clark in Defense of the Status Quo 10. John Bates Clark and his Times 11. Later Life and Legacy of Henry George 12. Later Life and Legacy of John Bates Clark PART II: FROM BURDEN OF TAXATION TO OPTIMAL TAXATION13. The early years of Frank Plumpton Ramsey 14. The paper that spawned the study of optimal taxation 15. A short lifetime of contributions 16. The premature loss of a great mind 17. A Modern Extension – Vickrey and Mirrlees 18. The Early Life of William Spencer Vickrey 19. The Early Life of James Mirrlees 20. The Great Idea21. Legacy and Applications 22. The Nobel Prize 23. The Later Years of James Alexander Mirrlees 24. The Later Years of William Spencer Vickrey PART III: DIVERGENT ARGUMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR25. The Early Life of Knut Wicksell 26. The Early Life of Richard Musgrave 27. The Early Life of James Buchanan 28. The Great Idea of Knut Wicksell 29. The Times and a New Role for Government 30. The Great Debate Between Musgrave and Buchanan 31. The Nobel Prize for James Buchanan 32. The Legacy of Knut Wicksell 33. The Later Years of Richard Musgrave 34. The Legacy and later Years of James Buchanan PART IV: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER: VOTING WITH THE FEET AND THE HENRY GEORGE THEOREM35. The Early Life of Charles Tiebout 36. The Early Life of Joseph Stiglitz 37. The Times of Charles Mills Tiebout 38. The Great Idea of Charles Mills Tiebout 39. Applications and Extensions 40. The Early Death of Charles Tiebout41. The Henry George Theorem 42. The Prize and Legacy of Joseph Stiglitz Section Five – What we have learned 43. Conclusions Glossary Index Endnotes