The sixteen essays in this book were written to celebrate the ninetieth                  birthday of Richard Musgrave and to commemorate the tenth anniversary of CES, the                  Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich. Musgrave is considered to                  be a founding father of modern public economics. He belongs to the intellectual                  tradition that views government as an instrument that can be used to correct market                  failure and to establish the society that people want. Although his work fits within                  the individualistic framework of modern economics, he also draws on principles of                  moral philosophy.The essays take stock of and extend the theory and practice of                  public finance and public policy. They address the evolving role of government and                  the welfare state, the interaction between taxation and markets, the future of                  pension and health care systems, and international tax issues and fiscal                  federalism.

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