--- Brian Holtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my current favorite economics overview, Fred > Foldvary's Science of Economics > <http://www.foldvary.net/economics.html>
One can now get the hardcopy paper edition from http://www.universityreaders.com/ Enter at "Students - buy here". For the university, say it is Santa Clara U in California. Chapter 16 is on Public Goods and Public Finance, in which I explain that taxes on goods, wages, and business profits distort prices, making goods and labor more expensive and reducing the quantity, and that the effect depends on the resonsiveness to a change in the price. > I'm cc'ing Fred in case he can recommend a text to > supplement his, or -- > more generally -- what one or two books he would > recommend someone should > read to have a rudimentary grasp on the economics of > public policy. See my policy study http://www.foldvary.net/works/policystudy.pdf A paper edition is available for $10. Fred Foldvary
