INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC FINANCE?

1. 1.3 Why Study Public Finance Now? Policy Debates over Social Security, Health Care, and Education

2. 1.4 Conclusion

3. 1.1 Four Questions

3.1. Public finance: The study of the role of the government in the economy.

3.2. 1. When should the government intervene in the economy? 2. How might the government intervene? 3. What is the effect of those interventions on economic outcomes? 4. Why do governments choose to intervene in the way that they do?

4. 1.2 Why Study Public Finance? Facts on Government in the United States and Around the World

4.1. Why Study Public Finance?

4.2. Facts on Government

4.2.1. Distribution of Spending

4.2.1.1. Public goods

4.2.1.2. Social insurance programs

4.3. Facts on Government