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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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Public Finance. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged (London: Macmillan, 1903).

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Author: Charles F. Bastable

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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
FROM PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
FROM PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
CONTENTS
General Introduction
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
BOOK I: PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
CHAPTER I: state economy. general considerations
CHAPTER II: the cost of defence
note
CHAPTER III: justice and security
CHAPTER IV: administrative supervision. poor-relief
CHAPTER V: education. religion
CHAPTER VI: expenditure on industry and commerce. constitutional and diplomatic expenditure
CHAPTER VII: central and local expenditure
notes
CHAPTER VIII: some general questions of expenditure
APPENDIX.: On the Classification and Guiding Maxims of Public Expenditure.
BOOK II: PUBLIC REVENUE THE ECONOMIC OR QUASI-PRIVATE RECEIPTS
CHAPTER I: the forms and classification of public revenue
NOTE
CHAPTER II: the state domain. lands and forests
CHAPTER III: the industrial domain
CHAPTER IV: the state as capitalist. administrative revenue
CHAPTER V: state property.—general considerations on quasi-private revenue
BOOK III: PUBLIC REVENUE (Continued) THE PRINCIPZES OF TAXATION
CHAPTER I: definition and classification of taxation
CHAPTER II: the general features of taxation
CHAPTER III: the distribution of taxation
CHAPTER IV: the tax system: its forms
CHAPTER V: the shifting and incidence of taxation1
CHAPTER VI: the principles of local taxation
CHAPTER VII: the canons of taxation
BOOK IV: public revenue—Concluded the several kinds of taxes
CHAPTER I: taxes on land
CHAPTER II: taxes on capital and business
CHAPTER III: personal and wages taxes
CHAPTER IV: taxes on property and income
CHAPTER V: taxes on consumption: their classification: direct consumption taxes
CHAPTER VI: internal taxes on commodities
CHAPTER VII: customs duties
CHAPTER VIII: taxes on communications and acts
CHAPTER IX: taxes on successions1
BOOK V: the relation of expenditure and receipts
CHAPTER I: introductory—state treasures
CHAPTER II: public indebtedness, its modern development
CHAPTER III: the history of the english debt
CHAPTER IV: history of the french debt, indebtedness in other countries
CHAPTER V: the theory of public credit and public debts
CHAPTER VI: the forms of public debts
CHAPTER VII: the redemption and conversion of debt
CHAPTER VIII: local indebtedness
BOOK VI: FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER I: introductory—historical development
CHAPTER II: the budget—its preparation—the collection of revenue
CHAPTER III: the vote of the budget—control and audit
CHAPTER IV: administration and control in local finance
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